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noun
An act that offends a person's sense of pride or dignity:
affront, despite, indignity, insult, offense, outrage, slight. Idiom: slap in the face. See attackHarsh, often insulting language:
abuse, billingsgate, invective, obloquy, railing, revilement, reviling, scurrility, scurrilousness, vituperation. See praise
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