how to pronounce affront

/əfˈɹʌnt/

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affront is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of affront in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… this affront of being labeled a ho …”

meanings of affront

verb:

To insult intentionally, especially openly.
To meet defiantly; to confront.
To meet or encounter face to face.

noun:

A hostile encounter or meeting.
An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.

affront frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word affront occurs in english on average 1.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics affront can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that affront can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;