AFFRONTED Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

affronted

verb

Definition of affronted

past tense of affront

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 Iraq similarly felt scandalized that its sovereignty had been so blatantly affronted and disregarded. — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 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. — 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

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For the last two years, Francesca Ortega insulted Latinos on social media with rhetoric that sounded straight from Stephen Miller.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Others insulted them, settling into the familiar wrestling roles of heroes and villains before ever stepping between the ropes.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

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Radicals, outraged at its concessions, wanted to fight and topple the shogunate in favor of imperial rule.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Team member outraged University of Maryland freshman Camryn Bryant is on the club tennis team that is embroiled in the scandal.

— Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

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