affronted 的 2 个定义
- a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult: an affront to the king.
- an offense to one's dignity or self-respect.
- to offend by an open manifestation of disrespect or insolence: His speech affronted all of us.
- to make ashamed or confused; embarrass.
- Archaic. to front; face; look on.
- Obsolete. to meet or encounter face to face; confront.
affronted 近义词
insult or involve in entanglement
更多affronted例句
- Meanwhile, a new generation of “wolf warrior” diplomats peddle conspiracy theories and lash out at perceived affronts.
- “It’s an outright affront to the government in its entirety,” says Antaeus Edelsohn, a University of Richmond law student and vexillology enthusiast.
- Every executive order is a tyrannical affront to the Constitution.
- Spears’s slick, breezy pop was an affront to rockist sensibilities, and claiming that Spears was fake was an easy way to dismiss her.
- Soldera comes across like that uncle who, once affronted, crosses you off forever.
- Indeed, when his Democratic opponent challenged his pro-choice bona fides, he acted affronted.
- Not only was he annoyed, but he considered himself affronted by what seemed to him an unjust criticism.
- And now you blame me,” cried I, “because I canna laugh and sing as if I was glad to be affronted.
- At my first appearance, many of the young members affronted me highly, and demanded several scurrilous questions.
- Joan, affronted by the savage impertinence, met her eyes defiantly, not giving an inch before the unexpected charge.
- Into Natalie Weymans darkening eyes flared an expression of affronted surprise.