affronted

past tense of affront

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of affronted Thinking about it that way invests meaning in an anecdote Norris related about a member of the copy department so affronted by something a colleague had done that she was inspired to pick up an object and hurl it in that colleague’s general direction. Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for affronted
Verb
  • Her collectedness collapses as Johnson turns the joke into a physical act-out, becoming almost insulted that this earthquake dared to frighten her.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Last September, when news broke that another friend of Kraus’s, the journalist Olivia Nuzzi, had exchanged intimate texts with Kennedy, Kraus wrote a Substack post accusing Nuzzi of ensnaring Kennedy and insulted her looks on Instagram.
    Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Of course, Potato Head shrugged when Roseanne Barr was fired by the same network – for a single tweet that offended a woman born in Iran.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
  • If you are offended by what somebody says or does, then take up a political cause to fight back, not a gun, not a bomb, not a knife.
    NBC news, NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In fact, Western leaders are mostly appeasing domestic constituencies outraged by the suffering of ordinary Gazans.
    Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The White House sought to distance itself from the strike, which has outraged regional powers and left ceasefire efforts in jeopardy.
    Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Affronted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affronted. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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