affronting

affronting

English

Verb

affronting

1. present participle 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