affront
noun
a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult.
were affronting
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past progressiveof affront.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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They were affronting but memorable, and hard to pigeonhole.
From Time Magazine Archive
He paused for a moment to look out; his heart beat uncomfortably, as though he were affronting some unknown danger.
From Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
