as in insulted
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 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.
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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
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Even when insulted or thwarted – by Spanish intrigues on the Florida frontier, by British seizures in the Caribbean, by pamphleteers accusing him of being a monarch in disguise – Washington’s tone remained measured.—
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But there’s a big difference between knowing that a relative is a pill and loving them through it and being rudely insulted by a relative and just sucking it up.—
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By the time Max gets back onboard, he’s offended by Nathan’s apparent insults, and the Jet Ski is still in the water.—
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To prevail on a claim an employee’s termination violated public policy, an employee must prove, among other things, that the law the employee claims the employer offended protects the interests of the broader public and not just the employee’s individual interests.—
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Good, the 37-year-old mother fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, has mobilized people who haven't typically been politically involved but are outraged by the shooting, Indivisible co-founder Leah Greenberg said in an interview.—
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Black Lives Matter leaders, who hosted the Sunday night vigil, are outraged by what happened.—
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“Affronted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affronted. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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