📖 Definitions of "Affronty"
adjective
- 1
(of an animal) Facing the observer.
"On an Imperial Crown proper, a lion sejant affronty gules, armed and langued azure..."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Affronty"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| affrontée | Alternative form of affronté. [(heraldry) Face to face, or with the fronts facing each other.] |
| in your face | Alternative form of in-your-face. [(informal) Aggressively or blatantly confrontational.] |
| hawkfaced | Alternative form of hawk-faced. [Having a face with sharp features that make it resemble a hawk.] |
| hatchetfaced | Alternative form of hatchet-faced. [(of a person) Having a narrow face with sharp, angular features.] |
| head on | Alternative form of head-on. [With the front of a vehicle.] |
| mano-a-manonoun | Alternative form of mano a mano. [A head-on conflict or direct competition.] |
| off-put | Alternative form of put off. [offended, repulsed] |
| back-handed | Alternative form of backhanded. [In a backhanded manner.] |
| gauntletted | Alternative spelling of gauntleted. [Adorned with one or more gauntlets] |
| flaunched | (heraldry) Alternative form of flanched. [(heraldry) Having flanches (often of a specified tincture).] |
| apronned | Alternative form of aproned. [Wearing an apron.] |
| chagrinnedverb | Alternative form of chagrined. [Feeling chagrin (at something); vexed; fretful.] |
| cabossedverb | Alternative form of caboshed. [(heraldry, of an animal) Shown face-on, showing the full face, but cut off immediately behind the ears and hence showing nothing of the neck.] |
| fourchée | Alternative form of fourche (“forked”). [(heraldry) Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; said of an ordinary, especially of a cross.] |
| embatteled | Alternative spelling of embattled. [Armed or prepared for battle (literally or figuratively).] |
| leonced | — |
| barrénoun | Alternative form of barry. [(heraldry, not comparable) Traversed (transversely) by bars.] |
| straightfaced | Alternative spelling of straight-faced. [Having a straight face, not revealing excessive emotion, especially amusement.] |
| crosshandednoun | Alternative form of cross-handed. [Done with hands or forearms crossed over each other.] |
| fourchy | Alternative form of fourche (“forked”). [(heraldry) Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; said of an ordinary, especially of a cross.] |
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