# affront

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈfɹʌnt/ · frequency rank #33,109

## Definitions
1. To insult intentionally, especially openly.
2. To meet defiantly; to confront.
3. To meet or encounter face to face.

## Etymology
From Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter (“to hit in the face; to defy”), from Vulgar Latin *affrontare (“to hit in the face”), from Latin ad (“to”) + frōns (“forehead”) (English front).

## Common misspellings (9)
`affornt`, `affrnot`, `affronnt`, `affrontt`, `affrotn`, `affrront`, `afrfont`, `afront`, `fafront`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/affront