affrontive
adj/əˈfɹʌntɪv/
Etymology From affront + -ive.
1
Tending to affront or offend.
- Their behaviour to him, when they could not help seeing him, was very cold and disobliging; but as yet not directly affrontive.1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 4, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- affrontively, affrontiveness