Feeling insulted, disrespected, or offended by something someone said or did.
From French 'affronte' (disgraced, insulted), derived from 'affront' (to insult), from Latin 'ad-' (to) + 'frons' (forehead). The idea is that an insult is 'thrown in your face,' literally at your forehead.
The original Latin word 'frons' means forehead because Romans associated the face with honor and dignity—so throwing an insult 'in someone's face' became the root of feeling affronted! Your dignity gets insulted literally and figuratively.
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