Affronts

/əˈfrʌnts/ verb, noun

Insults or disrespects someone openly; or multiple acts of insulting or disrespecting.

From Old French 'afronter,' from Latin 'ad-' (to) + 'fronte' (forehead). The word evolved from meaning 'to shame' to specifically mean 'to insult openly or boldly.'

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