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affront collapse

guilt collapse: remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offence; the state of having committed an offense

hurl a brickbat collapse

offend collapse

jeer collapse: showing your contempt by derision; laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"

insult collapse: a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"

sacrilege collapse

illegality collapse: unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute

wrath collapse: belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins); intense anger (usually on an epic scale)

disoblige collapse: ignore someone's wishes

breach of promise collapse: failure to keep a promise (of marriage)

appall collapse

brickbat collapse: blunt criticism; a fragment of brick used as a weapon

horrify collapse

scowl collapse: frown with displeasure

disgust collapse: strong feelings of dislike; cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us"; fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me"

umbrage collapse: a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question"

glower collapse: look at with a fixed gaze; "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her"

indignity collapse: an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem

flout collapse

bad faith collapse

sore spot collapse

misdeed collapse

felony collapse: a serious crime (such as murder or arson)

tort collapse: (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought

slap in the face collapse

blitzkrieg collapse: fight a quick and surprising war

run at collapse

outrage collapse: a wantonly cruel act

gibe collapse

tender spot collapse

peccadillo collapse

taunt collapse

counterattack collapse: (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board; an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.; make a counterattack

jeering collapse

sicken collapse: get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"; make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me"; upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold on the food sickened the diners"

invasion collapse: the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder; (pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body; "the tumor's invasion of surrounding structures"; any entry into an area not previously occupied; "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts"

frown collapse: a facial expression of dislike or displeasure; look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

iniquity collapse: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"

shock tactics collapse

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