affronted
adjective
af·front·ed
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Definition of affronted
: feeling or showing anger or indignation at some offense or insult
He sounded deeply/highly affronted. … a lady with gray curls, walking her dog, looked up in affronted surprise at the impertinence of his smile …— Belva Plain The two are civil to each other now, but Sampson felt affronted and doesn't conceal his coolness toward Fitch.— Alexander Wolff
Examples of affronted in a Sentence
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Some people seem to actually feel affronted when they are invited to a destination wedding, which would require a substantial financial commitment to attend. — Ask Amy, oregonlive.com, "Ask Amy: Family at odds over what to put on mother’s gravestone," 24 Aug. 2019 Some people seem to actually feel affronted when they are invited to a destination wedding, which would require a substantial financial commitment to attend. — Amy Dickinson, BostonGlobe.com, "Mom’s grave is going to need a larger stone," 24 Aug. 2019 Some people seem to actually feel affronted when they are invited to a destination wedding, which would require a substantial financial commitment to attend. — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, "Ask Amy: Mom’s grave is going to need a larger stone," 24 Aug. 2019 Some people seem to actually feel affronted when they are invited to a destination wedding, which would require a substantial financial commitment to attend. — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, "Mom’s grave is going to need a larger stone," 24 Aug. 2019 Some people seem to actually feel affronted when they are invited to a destination wedding, which would require a substantial financial commitment to attend. — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, "Ask Amy: Mom's grave is going to need a larger stone," 20 Aug. 2019 The cover so affronted President Jimmy Carter that the White House ordered Mr. Barnes, who had been indicted again only weeks before, to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. — Sam Roberts, New York Times, "Nicky Barnes, ‘Mr. Untouchable’ of Heroin Dealers, Is Dead at 78," 8 June 2019 While in most recent instances, the public has sided with the affronted passenger and the offending airline has issued an apology, that’s not always the case. — Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE.com, "People Explains: When Is It Safe to Stand Up to a Flight Attendant?," 15 Mar. 2018 The affronted Iraqi government, led by Shia Arabs, ordered its forces to retake the city and other disputed lands on October 16th. — The Economist, "As Donald Trump blusters, Iran is reshaping the Arab world," 21 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'affronted.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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