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affrontment

affrontment noun: an act of affronting; an insult or hostile confrontation.

Noun

affrontment (countable and uncountable, plural affrontments)

  1. An act of affronting; an insult or hostile confrontation.

Forms of affrontment

pluralaffrontments

Origin of affrontment

From affront + -ment.

Questions about affrontment

What does affrontment mean?
Affrontment means an act of affronting; an insult or hostile confrontation.
What part of speech is affrontment?
Affrontment is a noun.
What is the plural of affrontment?
The plural of affrontment is affrontments.

Words near affrontment in the dictionary

  1. affrontingness
  2. affrontings
  3. affrontive
  4. affrontively
  5. affrontiveness
  6. affrontment
  7. affrontments
  8. affronts
  9. affronty
  10. affronté
  11. affrontée

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