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Перевод: affront

[существительное]
оскорбление; унижение;
[глагол]
оскорблять; бросать вызов; смотреть в лицо чему-л.; приводить в замешательство; пристыдить

Тезаурус:

1. That this is not the only dimension along which one can or must discriminate became fully apparent to juries when confronted with the "video nasties" of the 1980s, where the verdicts surprised some observers by turning more often on the morality or immorality of the conduct portrayed and the moral stance taken towards it by the film-maker than on the affront caused to the viewer.
2. Without this element, there would be no way of excluding planned revenge killings, and the argument is that they should be excluded from the defence because a person who plans a response to an affront or a wrong ought to ensure that the response conforms with the law.
3. So angry was Ian Paisley at the affront to Carson's memory that he increased his tirade of abuse against O'Neill, produced Carson's son to contest the Westminster elections in March (promising four Protestant Unionists in all) and only withdrew when he realised how devoid of constituency organisation he then was.
4. The paintings, in his view, were an affront to public morality.
5. He then offered the greatest possible affront to traditional unionism by inviting Sean Lemass, the Prime Minister of the Republic, to visit Stormont!
6. It seems to consist of an affront to the dignity of the House or a Member of it.
7. French intervention in Mexico, which was seen by the Americans as an affront to the Monroe Doctrine, coupled with the Emperor's known sympathy with the Confederacy during the Civil War, had served to reinforce American prejudice against the Empire and all its works.
8. (But we should understand that "complaint" is part of the Tradition, and should not be interpreted as merely personal affront: it is a valid and recommended part of Jewish expression.)
9. "I want society to be changed, so that such an affront to civilized behaviour will no longer be tolerated!"
10. Although he was opposed to war and sometimes his pacifist fervour offended strangers during the war years, nevertheless to be rejected as a weakling was an affront to a proud and physically courageous man like Modigliani.
11. Despite being an affront to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi, the founding father of independent India, the BJP's attack had been immensely popular.
12. It cries out, horrified by the affront.
13. For his own daughter to lay claim to such a position was an intolerable affront.