as in offending
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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as in insulting
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for affronting
Verb
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His defensiveness and insulting you and dismissing your feelings, in my opinion means he's emotionally attached to her, especially with the nickname.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025 -
The series of tests YouTuber Cody Detwiler put Ben the humanoid through a series of tasks after insulting him and programming him to consider humans as enemies.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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By Wednesday afternoon, DHS appears to have taken down the Von-offending video.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
24 Sep. 2025
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The woman marked the offending area with red thread and put it aside, to be sent to the factory’s repair sector.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That would mean the government has done something, or multiple things, so outrageous as to violate Comey's due process rights under the Constitution.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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Actress sounds alarm on 'outrageous' support for Hamas, two years since Oct 7 massacre.—
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FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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These include offensive strategic weapons developments and missile defense initiatives that Russia views as threats to its nuclear deterrence.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Auburn hired Dillingham as offensive coordinator.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Honor is not, in Mr. Sommers’s view, without its opprobrious aspects, not least its association with violence.—
Joseph Epstein,
WSJ,
3 Aug. 2018
Adjective
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Heartbreaking to hear her talk about needing an escape from her abusive husband.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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Among them was a mom of three trying to work up the courage to leave her abusive partner.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Still, the Catholic Legion of Decency and other morality groups would criticize the scene as indecent.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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The duo was charged with performing an indecent act in a public place.—
Michael Nied,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In the years intervening, the poem has remained a lodestar, a contravening presence when, in present day America’s vituperative political landscape, the humanities disciplines and higher education itself has been forced to invoke and defend its own authority.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Even the company’s most vituperative detractors acknowledge its engineering genius and applaud its success in driving down launch expenses (unlike many defense contractors, SpaceX largely eats the cost of its failures).—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
28 July 2025
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“Affronting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affronting. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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