affront
noun
a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult.
have affronted
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present perfectof affront.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But I'm afraid you have affronted Elizabeth by not insisting Mrs. Turner should walk into the parlor.
From A Little Girl in Old Salem by Amanda Minnie Douglas
I said, I must desire you to oblige me, Mr. Longman, or I shall think I have affronted you.
From Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson
We have affronted and put to shame Rome, before whom all nations bow and, assuredly, she will take a terrible vengeance.
From For the Temple A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
The poet reproaches those who have affronted him.
From Eyes of Youth A Book of Verse by Padraic Colum, Shane Leslie, A.O. by Various
Sir," he said; "if you are in your wits, you have affronted me grossly.
From International Short Stories English by Various
