affronting
English
Verb
affronting
- 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.
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Noun
affronting (plural affrontings)
- The offering of an affront.
- a. 1631, John Donne, Sermon preached upon the penitential psalms
- the affrontings of his majesty
- a. 1631, John Donne, Sermon preached upon the penitential psalms