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affrontive

/uh-fruhn-tiv/US // əˈfrʌn tɪv //

亲和力强,侮辱性的,亲和力强的,侮辱性

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Archaic.

    • : insulting; offensive.

Examples

  • Pretending to honor God by direct disobedience is peculiarly affrontive.

  • Their behaviour to him, when they could not help seeing him, was very cold and disobliging; but as yet not directly affrontive.

  • As to the Scotch, their barbarisms that are to be found even in print, are affrontive to the descendants of Englishmen.