affronted

Definition of affrontednext
past tense of affront

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of affronted Many Idaho liberals of all ages were especially affronted by the fact that the Israeli government paid for the lawmakers’ travel, said Olivia Luna, the president of Idaho’s Babe Vote, who signed the letter as an individual calling for Rubel’s resignation. Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Sep. 2025 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
  • The struggle for reparations on the African continent is ongoing, and survivors are being insulted by the failure to implement comprehensive reparations programs that are due.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
  • Outside, the guards were often genial and chatty; inside, visitors were treated as objects of suspicion, barked at and insulted.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Verb
  • Especially since so many of the people claiming to be offended by the art in my book are also gleefully distributing it far and wide to get their mailing lists angry and engaged.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • The idea that people who lived in small states should enjoy more power than people who lived in large states offended Madison and Hamilton’s sense of justice.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Progress threatened by 'stomach-churning' politics Leaders at the Joyful Heart Foundation were outraged by the funding threats.
    Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 16 July 2026
  • Grande licked one of them, and fans were immediately outraged by the moment.
    Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 16 July 2026

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“Affronted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affronted. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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