affronting 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of affrontingnext
as in insulting

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affronting

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verb

present participle of affront
as in offending
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 Synonyms for affronting
  1. insulting
  2. outrageous
  3. offensive
  4. abusive
  5. indecent
  6. vituperative
  7. truculent
  8. obscene
Adjective
  • Arizona State football fans slam 'truly insulting' College Football Playoff graphic Winter swoon: December has not been kind to Phoenix Suns in recent years The vehicle backed out of the driveway and into the road.
    Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The dawning of his second term has invoked jubilation from those who welcome Trump back to the Oval Office and fear from those alarmed by his insulting rhetoric about political opponents, the media, migrants and others.
    Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of insulting
Adjective
  • Hechinger plays the outrageous Emperor Caracalla, who rules Rome alongside his twin, Emperor Geta (Joseph Quinn).
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The default punished Jones for failing to comply with court orders to disclose business records and found in favor of the families on the central point of their suit — that Jones’ hoax broadcasts were outrageous lies and were responsible for a decade of harassment and anguish.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of outrageous
Adjective
  • Wagner took on the bulk of the offensive load in Banchero's absence, averaging 24.4 points per game.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Soto is still a far more accomplished offensive player than Tucker, who will turn 28 in January.
    Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of offensive
Adjective
  • The worst one was emotionally abusive and ridiculously mean.
    Essence, Essence, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Yet other experts say that blanket message may miss the world where many people live, facing life in a high-crime neighborhood or worried about an abusive former partner.
    John Diedrich, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of abusive
Adjective
  • Orange Beach has a vulgarity ordinance on the books, which was enacted about a decade ago amid concerns about vulgar or indecent T-shirts and other merchandise sold at souvenir stores.
    al, al, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Because there are more good people than indecent ones.
    Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2023
Definition of indecent
Adjective
  • Trump’s vituperative persona, his enmity toward multilateralism, and his extreme policy agenda could easily sink the United States’ prospects for meaningful leadership of the G-20.
    Leslie Vinjamuri, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Unlike Rhoades, a vituperative colossus, however, Williams brings a steely determination and a Joe Friday, just-the-facts mien to his lawyering in the court of public opinion.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of vituperative
Adjective
  • Deda’s son, Karel (a terrific turn from Karel Martinec, the filmmaker’s own father) is an ornery recent widower who is truculent with his two adult daughters Lucie (Pavlína Balner) and Romana (Karin Bilíková).
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 July 2024
  • Needing Maher’s truculent approval to sustain their own arguments, they’re defined by their enemy.
    Armond White, National Review, 7 June 2024
Definition of truculent
Adjective
  • Blink Twice nods at a tangle of different contemporary ailments: lifestyle fetishism, wellness hedonism, our obscene fealty to stolid tech bros and their untrammeled wealth.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Many are short baby names—partly because Australia prohibits long names, obscene words, and names with symbols or too many hyphens.1 Here are some of our favorite boys' names from the land down under.
    Sherri Gordon, Parents, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of obscene
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