How to pronounce“affronting”in English
perceived by his sister, to make her uneasy, and at the same time, which was still more common, to make her univil. She took the first opportunity of
affronting her mother-in-law on the occasion, talking to her so expressively of her brother's great expectations, of Mrs. Farah's resolution that both her
sons should marry well, and of the danger attending any young woman who attempted to draw him in, that Mrs. Stashwood could neither pretend to be
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Definitions of “affronting”
present participle and gerund of affront
“We hope that he is, and that our misgivings arise solely from the Minister's characteristically affronting approach to a railway matter.”
The offering of an affront.
“the affrontings of his majesty”
Offensive, causing an affront.
“How much more affronting must it be to the Majefty of Heaven, the Great KING, to be thus treated?”