INSULTa remark or action that offends or insults someone 侮辱;冒犯
affront to
The comments were an affront to his pride.
那些话伤害了他的自尊。
Examples from the Corpus
affront• When self-regard is so shatteringly undermined, the symbols of a formershaky greatness become almost an affront.• Nonconformists saw slavery as an affront to their religion; utilitariansdismissed it as inefficient.• By contrast, bureaucratstend to regardadvice from superiors as an affront and are not shy about saying so.• This is both an affront and a challenge.• Only boys like the ones at Ferguson could carry off such an affront.• She felt that his behaviour was an affront to her dignity as a human being.• But the LowerEast Side was merely squalid-an intolerableaffront to respectablefolk.• That had been the coldest of affronts to her family and even to her own heart.• Though I only intended it as a joke, he took it as a personalaffront.• The two are said to have been turned into lions because of some affront offered either to Zeus or to Aphrodite.• Lucy was so shocked by these affronts that she remained speechless for the rest of the evening.
Originaffront1
(1300-1400)Old Frenchafronter, from Vulgar Latinaffrontare“to hit in the face”, from Latinad-“to” + frons“forehead”