Affront

1. Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.
2. An offense to one's self-respect; shame.
3. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter.
4. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.
5. An encounter either friendly or hostile.
6. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.