affront
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Synonyms for affront
Synonyms: Verb
dis (also diss) [slang], disrespect, insult, offend, outrage, slap, slight, wound
Synonyms: Noun
barb, brickbat, cut, dart, dig, dis (also diss) [slang], epithet, gird, indignity, insult, name, offense (or offence), outrage, personality, poke, put-down, sarcasm, slap, slight, slur
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Examples of affront in a Sentence
Verb
did not mean to affront you when I told you I didn't need your helpNoun
He regarded her rude behavior as a personal affront. took it as an affront that she wasn't asked to help cook Thanksgiving dinner
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
It’s hard to imagine anybody feeling affronted by him. — Barton Swaim, WSJ, "The Turnabout on Religious Freedom," 21 June 2019 Which is obviously why so many people are affronted by it. — Cincinnati Enquirer, "Read more from this Project," 13 July 2018 Over the past year, the Afghan Taliban has orchestrated an increasingly destructive insurgency across the war-tattered nation, affronting Afghan Security Forces and U.S troops with almost daily attacks. — Hollie Mckay, Fox News, "Taliban prisoners exploit release loophole with fake medical claims," 12 June 2018 But Johnson also affronted the public by consorting with and marrying white women. — Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, "Donald Trump, Colin Kaepernick and Jack Johnson," 23 Apr. 2018 The Sixers’ most obvious failing came on offense in the face of the Heat’s personal-space-affronting defensive pressure. — David Murphy, Philly.com, "Sixers need Joel Embiid to contend, but not to beat the Heat | David Murphy," 18 Apr. 2018 That is a deliberate affront to affront Hindu values. — Win Mccormack, The New Republic, "Outside the Limits of the Human Imagination," 27 Mar. 2018 While personally affronted that Kitt would so publicly criticize him in the White House, Johnson knew why people protested. — Time, "Behind the Anti-War Protests That Swept America in 1968," 19 Jan. 2018 Would Trump seek to flatter or affront the globalists? — Time, "'America No Longer Matters.' Davos Isn't Worried About President Trump," 25 Jan. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The day it was played, Monday, was an affront to some—weekday football had yet to be embraced by the public. — SI.com, "A History of Football in 100 Objects," 28 Aug. 2019 For people like Sanaullah, the accusation of being an outsider is an affront. — Niha Masih, Washington Post, "A crackdown in India on suspected illegal immigrants could leave millions stateless," 26 Aug. 2019 Hong Kong, by contrast, still allows nongovernmental organizations a great deal of freedom, and the work that many of them do is effectively an affront to the values of the Communist government in Beijing. — Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, "In Hong Kong Protests, China Angrily Connects Dots Back to U.S.," 20 Aug. 2019 Miniskirts were an affront to tradition and decorum. — Washington Post, "The MAGA hat is not a statement of policy. It’s an inflammatory declaration of identity.," 17 Aug. 2019 Everything on the duck flats was an affront to cleanliness and comfort. — Anchorage Daily News, "Women have always been hunters, and hunting has nothing to do with gender," 6 Aug. 2019 For a guy to be like that, especially in that era, was an affront to what a lot of people thought Asians and Asian men could be. — chicagotribune.com, "Bruce Lee’s family calls ‘Once Upon a Time’ ‘a mockery.’ Is it insult or homage?," 1 Aug. 2019 Killing net neutrality was also said to be an affront to America’s system of government. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Don’t Forget the ‘Net Neutrality’ Panic," 14 June 2019 Even if such cases weren’t so common, to presume the guilt of the accused based on an accusation alone would still be an affront to due process. — Heather Mac Donald, WSJ, "Tomorrow’s Elite Lawyers Disavow Due Process," 4 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'affront.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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