affront
noun
a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult.
affronting
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present participleof affront.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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He was a peacock: intent on blinding small people with his brilliance, affronting an older generation he detested and belittling everyone but himself - especially Vivienne.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2022
He added that the imposing structure of his 1881 novel was laid on a “single small cornerstone, the conception of a certain young woman affronting her destiny.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2017
It’s a mildly affronting experience that — as with some other signifiers of the modern world, a child’s noisy video game included — seems to help push him into nature.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2015
He in turn has the affronting frankness to tell her that he married her for her amusement value.
From Time Magazine Archive
They dared not, for fear of affronting royalty.
From The Lure of the Mask by Harrison Fisher
