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
You have affronted, by an incredible imposture and beyond the reach of mercy, every listener in this hall.
From Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship by James Branch Cabell
Mr. Jackson would have affronted horrid tortures for his faith, but shrank timidly before the least suspicion of ridicule.
From The Hero by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
My very dear Friend,—I am afraid that you will infer from my silence that you have affronted me into ill temper by your parody upon my sonnet.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
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
