All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant.
Holland.

That he, as 't were by accident, may here
Affront Ophelia.
Shak.

How can any one imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius?
Addison.

Syn. -- To insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight; defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle.

I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded
On hostile ground, none daring my affront.
Milton.

Offering an affront to our understanding.
Addison.

Syn. -- Affront, Insult, Outrage. An affront is a designed mark of disrespect, usually in the presence of others. An insult is a personal attack either by words or actions, designed to humiliate or degrade. An outrage is an act of extreme and violent insult or abuse. An affront piques and mortifies; an insult irritates and provokes; an outrage wounds and injures.

Captious persons construe every innocent freedom into an affront. When people are in a state of animosity, they seek opportunities of offering each other insults. Intoxication or violent passion impels men to the commission of outrages.
Crabb.