affront (verb)
51snub — 1. verb they snubbed their hosts Syn: rebuff, spurn, repulse, cold shoulder, brush off, give the cold shoulder to, keep at arm s length; ignore; insult, slight, affront, humiliate; informal freeze out, stiff 2. noun a very public snub Syn …
52wound — 1. noun 1) a chest wound Syn: injury, lesion, cut, gash, laceration, tear, slash; graze, scratch, abrasion; bruise, contusion; Medicine trauma 2) the wounds inflicted by the media Syn …
53outrage — 1. noun 1) public outrage Syn: indignation, fury, anger, rage, wrath 2) it is an outrage Syn: scandal, offence, insult, affront, disgrace, atrocity …
54wound — 1. noun 1) a chest wound Syn: injury, cut, gash, laceration, graze, scratch, abrasion, puncture, lesion; Medicine trauma 2) the wounds inflicted by the media Syn: insult …
55put-down — noun a crushing remark • Syn: ↑squelch, ↑squelcher, ↑takedown • Derivationally related forms: ↑take down (for: ↑takedown), ↑squelch ( …
56bridle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bridel, from Old English brīdel; akin to Old English bregdan to move quickly more at braid Date: before 12th century 1. the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit and reins 2. a length of …
57challenge — I. verb (challenged; challenging) Etymology: Middle English chalengen to accuse, from Anglo French chalenger, from Latin calumniari to accuse falsely, from calumnia calumny Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to demand as due or deserved ;… …
58insult — I. verb Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French insulter, from Latin insultare, literally, to spring upon, from in + saltare to leap more at saltation Date: 1540 intransitive verb archaic to behave with pride or arrogance ; vaunt… …
59bait — I (harass) verb afflict, affront, aggravate, aggrieve, agitate, agonize, anger, annoy, arouse, attack, badger, be malevolent, be offensive, beset, besiege, bother, browbeat, cause resentment, chafe, compel, deride, detract, discommode, displease …
60quitte — [ kit ] adj. • 1080; lat. médiév. quitus, class. quietus « tranquille » 1 ♦ (Surtout avec le v. être) Libéré d une obligation juridique, d une dette. Être quitte envers qqn. Nous sommes quittes. ♢ Dr. Exonéré. Quitte de tous droits et taxes. 2 ♦… …
