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English
Verb
affronting
- present participle and gerund of affront
1961 May, “Editorial: Mr. M. presents Dr. B. - for a limited season only”, in Trains Illustrated, page 258:We hope that he is, and that our misgivings arise solely from the Minister's characteristically affronting approach to a railway matter.
Noun
affronting (plural affrontings)
- The offering of an affront.
a. 1631, John Donne, Sermon preached upon the penitential psalms:the affrontings of his majesty
Adjective
affronting (comparative more affronting, superlative most affronting)
- Offensive, causing an affront.
1718, Samuel Keimer, A Brand pluck'd from the Burning, page 108:How much more affronting must it be to the Majefty of Heaven, the Great KING, to be thus treated?
1866 June 11, Great Britain. Parliament, The Parliamentary Debates, page 165:There was afterwards one despatch from the Russian Minister to Earl Russell which in former times must have led to instant war, because it was of a very affronting character to the great nation which the noble Earl represented.
1888, Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Alexander Allardyce, Letters from and to Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe - Volume 2, page 361:The ladies tell me that there is no Adonis, which is very affronting —only old men (alias old women) , and boys like Thomas Thumb, with the legs of a starved spider.
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