affronting

English

Verb

affronting

  1. 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)

  1. The offering of an affront.
    • a. 1631, John Donne, Sermon preached upon the penitential psalms:
      the affrontings of his majesty
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