affronted

English

Adjective

affronted (comparative more affronted, superlative most affronted)

1. Offended; having taken umbrage.
   • 1998, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Workplace Competitiveness Issues, page 50:

     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.

   • 2008, Martin Myant, Terry Cox, Reinventing Poland, page 122:

     […] 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.

   • 2024, John Marshall, Peter of Savoy: The Little Charlemagne, page 88:

     Simon was affronted at being recalled and even more affronted at being asked to account for his actions – this did not bode well.

2. (heraldry) Synonym of affronté
   • 1994 06, Sotheby's (Firm), Western Manuscripts and Miniatures:

     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 […]

Derived terms

• affrontedly
• affrontedness
• unaffronted

 

Verb

affronted

1. simple past and past participle of affront
   • 2017 March 27, “The Observer view on triggering article 50”, in The Observer‎^[1]:

     They simply cannot deliver what they promised. Nor will an affronted, alienated Brussels help them do so.