affronted
adj1
Offended; having taken umbrage.
- I feel very, very affronted by this process which did not include us, at least in the interview stage so we could have the benefit of an exchange with these individuals.1998, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Workplace Competitiveness Issues, page 50:
- […] a majority (59 per cent) would be affronted by the Church taking a stand on parliamentary legislation; and Poles would be even more affronted (81 per cent) by priests telling people how to vote.2008, Martin Myant, Terry Cox, Reinventing Poland, page 122:
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- Simon was affronted at being recalled and even more affronted at being asked to account for his actions – this did not bode well.2024, John Marshall, Peter of Savoy: The Little Charlemagne, page 88:
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Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics Synonym of affronté.
- PROVENANCE The arms on f.25 are argent a lion rampant affronted azure, with claws and tongue gules; these are perhaps the arms of Acciajaoli, of Florence (cf. the sale in these rooms, 7 December 1992, lot 74), or Nini, of Siena[…]1994 06, Sotheby's (Firm), Western Manuscripts and Miniatures:
- Derived terms
- affrontedly, affrontedness, unaffronted