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Definition of Affronting
1. affront [v] - See also: affront
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affronting
Literary usage of Affronting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Second War Between the United States of America and Great by Charles Jared Ingersoll (1852)
"... affronting caste, roused malediction more formidable than the five coalitions
of which he overthrew four. When his first imperial ambassadors, ..."
2. Works by Jean Calvin, Calvin translation society (1848)
"... touches upon it indirectly and mildly, with his usual modesty, that he may
admonish them without affronting them. Again lie makes use of a new ..."
3. Sketches of Manners, Scenery, &c. in the French Provinces, Switzerland, and by John Scott (1821)
"... and express an affronting amazement that any one should be so infatuated as
to disregard their suggestions, or any critic so ignorant as to differ from ..."
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