as in insult
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
took it as an affront that she wasn't invited to say a few words at the ribbon-cutting ceremony
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as in to insult
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
did not mean to affront you when I told you I didn't need your help
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Recent Examples of affront
Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Compared with President Donald Trump’s many attacks on science so far in his second term, his affront to climate science feels like a mere flesh wound at the moment.
—Mark Gongloff, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
She’s known to personally reach out to attendees who have felt affronted by her material.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
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Noun
The governor's comment was an affront to women and girls across the state.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Compared with President Donald Trump’s many attacks on science so far in his second term, his affront to climate science feels like a mere flesh wound at the moment.
—Mark Gongloff, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
They felt affronted by companies like Uber that were refusing to abide by even modest regulations.
—Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
She’s known to personally reach out to attendees who have felt affronted by her material.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for affront
Noun
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The dispute stems from last year’s feud wherein Drake and Lamar traded increasingly personal and unverified insults in a series of songs.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN,
18 Mar. 2025
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Tariffs on Canadian exports and repeated insults by President Donald Trump about Canada becoming the 51st state have Canadians pushing back with a term hockey fans may be familiar with.—
Jalen Williams,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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If, like me, you’re not offended by raisins in your carrot cake, Costco’s carrot bar cake is available now in the bakery’s refrigerator section.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
28 Mar. 2025
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That was a diplomatic answer perhaps designed to avoid offending Trump.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The university’s decision to accede to nearly all of the Trump administration’s demands outraged some faculty members, who say Columbia has sacrificed academic freedom.—
Philip Marcelo,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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The policy outraged customers as going-out-of-business sales continue and some argued there was little notice to redeem their store value.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Investors did not appreciate his sarcasm either, and the stock is down 2.6% since GTC25 kicked off.—
Karl Freund,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Her boozy, blustering sarcasm should be entered into evidence as a blunt instrument.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Affront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affront. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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