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Affronting

adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Offensive, causing an affront.

    "How much more affronting must it be to the Majefty of Heaven, the Great KING, to be thus treated?"

Noun
  1. 1
    The offering of an affront.

    "the affrontings of his majesty"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of affront form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "We hope that he is, and that our misgivings arise solely from the Minister's characteristically affronting approach to a railway matter."

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