affront
noun
a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult.
had affronted
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past perfectof affront.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But a strong chorus of support for punishing Mr. Li made it clear that his words had affronted a far broader cohort than Chinese officialdom.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2023
The notion that he had affronted the major drew a look of disbelief.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 25, 2018
“If he had affronted the speaker or the house, he was ready to ask pardon,” he explained, and pledged to support the king “at the Expence of the last Drop of his blood.”
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
This elegantly costumed gentleman who was the cynosure of all eyes on the Paris had affronted Miss Hampton.
From Time Magazine Archive
And unless he had shifted costumes before putting off for shore he had affronted the deck of his correct vessel clad in a pearl-gray derby, a gay plaid suit and vaudeville neckwear.
From Cabbages and Kings by O. Henry
