affronting 1 of 2

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
  • This disastrous budget is even more insulting as Los Angeles County grapples with the devastation from four major fires.
    Bill Essayli, Orange County Register, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Hinchcliffe, who is not Puerto Rican, was just plain cruel, insulting and dehumanizing.
    David Plazas, The Tennessean, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of insulting
Adjective
  • The two franchises eventually crossed over with the Warriors Orochi games, which mashes up characters from both titles alongside original ones for an outrageous kitchen sink approach with a fantasy bend.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The kit takes what is already a pretty outrageous sports car and outfits it with an aggressive aero package that features a front lip spoiler, a whole array of fins, and an even larger rear wing that retains the standard version’s DRS functionality.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of outrageous
Adjective
  • The Bears have identified more than a dozen candidates deserving of interviews, with Pete Carroll, Mike McCarthy and Mike Vrabel among those entering the process along with the young coaches who are in demand, including Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson.
    Phil Rogers, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Yet seeing Flores, once a Boston College linebacker, and Grigson, an ex-Purdue offensive tackle, lock arms while flashing massive smiles made total sense to the people who now interact with them on a daily basis.
    Michael Silver, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of offensive
Adjective
  • This could include advising your child to block individuals who display abusive behaviors and report such violations to the gaming platform.
    Mia Taylor, Parents, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Anthony was ‘Unstoppable’ during his ‘Hell Week’ initiation at Arizona State When his abusive prison guard stepfather, Rick (Bobby Cannavale), leaves the family, Anthony turns down a full ride at Drexel University to stay at home and help his mother.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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
  • Giorgia’s leadership is threatened by increasingly truculent government allies, so Arianna is overseeing the backroom process of reverting their post-Fascist party to its more tribal roots.
    Mattia Ferraresi, airmail.news, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Is some planet somewhere pulling in the wrong direction, like a truculent mule?
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of truculent
Adjective
  • He was booked on charges of enticing a child under 16, distribution of obscene matter, and lascivious posing and exhibiting a child in the nude.
    Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Of course, obscene content has been censored, and services that clearly broke intellectual property laws, like Napster, WikiLeaks, and The Pirate Bay were shuttered, but, for the average person, the internet remained broadly open in the United States.
    Callum Booth, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of obscene
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