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adjective

Definition of affrontingnext
as in insulting

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affronting

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verb

present participle of affront
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for affronting
  1. insulting
  2. outrageous
  3. offensive
  4. abusive
  5. indecent
  6. vituperative
  7. truculent
  8. obscene
Adjective
  • Joe Biden denounced offensive jokes that podcast host Tony Hinchcliffe made about Puerto Rico during Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally over the weekend, but the president also made a comment some prominent Republicans quickly called insulting to the former president's supporters.
    Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
  • No matter, the response was swift and harsh from the often insulting and foul-mouthed Trump and other Republicans.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of insulting
Adjective
  • The former frontman of Possum Dixon will be performing at the festival but is somehow not the most outrageous act on the bill.
    Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
  • For the man who has it all, here are my favorite outrageous holiday gifts, along with a few practical must-haves.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of outrageous
Adjective
  • The Lions lead the league in scoring (32.7 points per game) and are second in total offense behind an offensive line that is considered the best in the league.
    Jack Magruder, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Pause the conversation so the group can discuss the implicit meaning of the offensive word or phrase.
    Julie Garel, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of offensive
Adjective
  • The industries have thrived on placing us in abusive power dynamics.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Domestic violence can make Native Americans vulnerable to repeating abusive dynamics and can also play into human trafficking, victimization by outsiders and what psychologists describe as generational trauma as a result of centuries of war and abuse.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of abusive
Adjective
  • Orange Beach has a vulgarity ordinance on the books, which was enacted about a decade ago amid concerns about vulgar or indecent T-shirts and other merchandise sold at souvenir stores.
    al, al, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Because there are more good people than indecent ones.
    Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2023
Definition of indecent
Adjective
  • Trump’s vituperative persona, his enmity toward multilateralism, and his extreme policy agenda could easily sink the United States’ prospects for meaningful leadership of the G-20.
    Leslie Vinjamuri, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Unlike Rhoades, a vituperative colossus, however, Williams brings a steely determination and a Joe Friday, just-the-facts mien to his lawyering in the court of public opinion.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of vituperative
Adjective
  • Deda’s son, Karel (a terrific turn from Karel Martinec, the filmmaker’s own father) is an ornery recent widower who is truculent with his two adult daughters Lucie (Pavlína Balner) and Romana (Karin Bilíková).
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 July 2024
  • Needing Maher’s truculent approval to sustain their own arguments, they’re defined by their enemy.
    Armond White, National Review, 7 June 2024
Definition of truculent
Adjective
  • The planet continuing to tilt is because humans are pumping and moving an obscene amount of groundwater across the planet and redistributing it, according to the study's press release.
    Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The withdrawal of Matt Gaetz’ nomination to be Attorney General — the equivalent of an obscene gesture toward the Senate – suggests that some preservation instincts of co-exist along with doubts as to the strength of its backbone.
    Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of obscene
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