Definition of affronted
: feeling or showing anger or indignation at some offense or insult
He sounded deeply/highly affronted. … a lady with gray curls, walking her dog, looked up in affronted surprise at the impertinence of his smile …— Belva Plain The two are civil to each other now, but Sampson felt affronted and doesn't conceal his coolness toward Fitch.— Alexander Wolff
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The first known use of affronted was in 1663
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