Affrontingly and Affront

noun

• A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect.
  • usage: "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"
  • synonyms: insult

verb

• Treat, mention, or speak to rudely.
  • usage: "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"
  • synonyms: diss, insult

• (v.t.) To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.
• (n.) An encounter either friendly or hostile.
• (v.t.) To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.
• (n.) Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.
• (n.) An offense to one's self-respect; shame.
• (v.t.) To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter.