as in insult
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
took it as an affront that she wasn't invited to say a few words at the ribbon-cutting ceremony
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as in to insult
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
did not mean to affront you when I told you I didn't need your help
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Recent Examples of affront
Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
Not being able to abduct grade-schoolers is an affront to his clan’s heritage.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
The two women, initially welcomed, soon affront their hosts with their pesky independence of mind and spirit.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
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Noun
And when the butt of the joke is the MAGA movement itself, some readers will inevitably take it as an affront.
—Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
Not being able to abduct grade-schoolers is an affront to his clan’s heritage.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Verb
There needs to be a very direct conversation about standards and a hard dose of affronting honesty.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
The two women, initially welcomed, soon affront their hosts with their pesky independence of mind and spirit.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
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Noun
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Under it, anyone who defames, insults or threatens the King, Queen, heir apparent, or regent faces three to 15 years in prison.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
26 June 2025
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To suggest that the lawsuit is a look into the past insults understatement, and in the process calls into question the worth of the FTC.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
Verb
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While some Hollywood studios such as Lionsgate and Blumhouse have collaborated with AI companies, others have been reluctant to announce partnerships at the risk of offending talent that have voiced concerns over how AI could be used to alter their digital likeness without adequate compensation.—
Wendy Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2025
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The LinkedIn feed is full of safe, vanilla content because everyone's scared to offend.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Californians should be outraged at such fragrant violations of the law, and of Californians’ right to privacy, by police agencies.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
20 June 2025
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Trump has dismissed the idea that his calls for Newsom’s arrest have provided the governor with a political advantage by outraging Democrats, despite his own arrests helping him during last year’s election.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
13 June 2025
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Fans in the comments applauded Carpenter’s use of sarcasm to indirectly address the hoopla.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
26 June 2025
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There’s always a little colored sarcasm in our music, there’s a little tongue-in-cheek, but then there is always some really deep meaningful subject matter on our records, too.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2025
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“Affront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affront. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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