affray, n.fight, brawl, wrangle, Inf.set-to; quarrel, squabble, argument, dispute, disagreement, dissension, row, altercation, contention; disturbance, commotion, uproar, breach of the peace, fracas, rumpus; disorder, turbulence, tumult; struggle, scrimmage, clash, conflict, collision, strife, broil; scuffle, tussle, fray; encounter, brush; melee, fisticuffs, SI.milling, combat, contest, duel, match; outbreak, riot, Fr.
emeute; feud, vendetta; battle, action, skirmish, rencounter.
affront, n.1. insult, slight, slur, dig, barb, SI.put-down; abuse, contumely, contempt, disdain, scorn; derision, ridicule, mockery; vilification, impugnment, traducement, aspersion, calumniation, calumny, obloquy; maligning, defamation, denigration, slander, libel, Inf.backbiting; impertinence, insolence, flippancy, Inf.cheek, impudence.
2. disrespect, rudeness, ill-treatment; indignity, discourtesy, incivility, dishonor, outrage; shame, disgrace, ignominy; degradation, humiliation, abasement, mortification; wound, blow, injury; offense, attack, assault, aggression; provocation, vexation, irritation, annoyance.
-v. 3. insult, slight, SI.put-down, SI.cut up, give offense to, disoblige; denounce, decry, disparage, discredit, vilipend, depreciate, minimize; disdain, contemn, scout, flout; scorn, deride, jeer, ridicule, scoff, mock, make a fool of, burlesque, guy, lampoon; abuse, wrong, vilify, impugn, traduce, slur, calumniate; malign, defame, denigrate, slander, libel, Inf. backbite; gibbet, drag through the mud; humiliate, belittle, put to shame, shame, chagrin, disgrace, degrade; offend, injure, hurt, hurt the feelings of, harm, ill-treat, smart, wound, damage.
4. irritate, nettle, chafe, gall, Chiefly U.S.
rile, disturb; annoy, make [s.o.'s] blood boil, raise [s.o.'s] dander, anger; vex, provoke, aggravate, incense, inflame, exasperate, tease, Inf.rag, distress, fret; pique, Inf.miff, chafe, disgruntle, Inf.put [s.o.] off, give umbrage to, displease.
5. attack, assault, accost, assail, set upon, aggress; violate, transgress, trespass, infringe upon, encroach upon, intrude upon, step on the toes of; bother, trouble, annoy, harass, molest, harry, bully, badger.
6. embarrass, disconcert, abash, mortify, upset; confuse, fluster, ruffle, discountenance, distract, discompose, confound.
7. confront, come face to face with, meet face to face, meet, encounter; oppose, stand opposed to, stand in the way of, thwart, cross, counter, contradict, resist; dispute, challenge, threaten, call into question, oppugn; defy, face in defiance, stand up to.
aficionado, n.1. devotee, enthusiast, fan, rooter, Inf.buff, Inf.hound, SI.bug, SI.nut; addict, Inf. fiend, SI.junkie, SI.freak, SI.head.
2. champion, votary, follower, disciple, satellite, adherent; zealot, partisan, bigot, fanatic; visionary, cult-ist, sectary.
3. promoter, supporter, Inf.pusher, Inf.booster, Inf. arm-waver; chauvinist, jingoist.
afoot, adv., adj.
1. on foot, walking, pedestrially.
2. astir, about, abroad, up, up and about, out of bed; in progress, in motion, on the move, in existence.
aforesaid, adj.aforementioned, aforestated, aforenamed, aforegiven, aforecited; above-mentioned, above-stated; previously described, described above, indicated earlier, previously indicated, already said or mentioned; earlier, foregoing, preceding, precedent, former; antecedent, previous, prevenient, prior, anterior.
afraid, adj.1. frightened, fearful, fearsome, scared, Archaic, affrighted; terrified, panic-stricken, terror-stricken; apprehensive, alarmed, worried, uneasy, disquieted; distrustful, dreading, shrinking; tense, nervous, panicky, faint-hearted; tremulous, shaky, on edge, jumpy, jittery, edgy, anxious; aghast, shocked, overwhelmed, overcome; cowardly, craven, pusillanimous, white-livered, lily-livered.