Usually means: Confrontation or challenge; facing opposition.
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  1. afront: Merriam-Webster
  2. afront: Collins English Dictionary
  3. afront: Wordnik
  4. afront: Wiktionary
  5. Afront: Dictionary.com
  6. Afront: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. afront: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Afront: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. afront: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. afront: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Afront: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. afront: Merriam-Webster

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▸ adverb:  in front; face to face

Similar:
aface, frontways, face-first, face first, upface, forrard, downface, forrad, Furst, forrit, more...

Opposite:
compliment, praise, flattery

Types:
insult, indignity, offense, provocation, outrage, more...

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Similar:
aface, frontways, face-first, face first, upface, forrard, downface, forrad, Furst, forrit, more...

Opposite:
compliment, praise, flattery

Types:
insult, indignity, offense, provocation, outrage, more...



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