affronted
past simple and past participle ofaffront
| 单词 | affronted |
| 释义 | affronted past simple and past participle ofaffront affront verb[Tusually passive] formaluk/əˈfrʌnt/us/əˈfrʌnt/toinsultoroffendsomeone: I was most affrontedbyhiscomments. an affrontedlook/glance Synonyms dissUSslang insult Insults & abuse
Examplesofaffrontedaffronted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. His decisionaffrontedconventional logic, and bequeathed a controversy to be pondered in perpetuity. From theCambridge English Corpus Affrontedby the king's inaction, the four shipmasters elected to bombard the town, but this proved counter-productive. From theCambridge English Corpus They provided no more than mediocre social care and medical treatment, and generallyaffrontedthe residents' individuality, privacy and dignity. From theCambridge English Corpus To have done so would haveaffrontedtheir descendants-one point of preserving and replicating historical memory was to assert a relationship with previous generations of leaders. From theCambridge English Corpus We should not be too eager to dismiss theaffrontedlanguage of churchwardens as formulaic rhetoric that was cynically deployed in an attempt to humiliate unpopular and anti-social neighbours. From theCambridge English Corpus Seeminglyaffrontedby these restrictions, the entrepreneurial chef had, in any case, spotted an alternative opportunity to use his skill and fame to capitalize on the event. From theCambridge English Corpus On this view, the intrinsic character of offense differs from harm in that it need involve no damage apart from theaffrontedmental state that is caused to the victim. From theCambridge English Corpus Psychological harm is something that does exist, and on occasion it may be caused by offensive conduct,50 but it consists of more than the state of beingaffronted. From theCambridge English Corpus Prince feelsaffrontedby gifts. From theCambridge English Corpus People areaffrontedby advice to concrete over their gardens or instructions to turn off their hoses, because it has the stench of hypocrisy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 My constituent isaffrontedthat her fiance's birth certificate should be disbelieved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They were quiteaffrontedat the idea that they would make a false declaration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They also expressed the view of their constituents that people wereaffrontedthat such a thing should be permitted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have beenaffrontedby the number of times they have been stopped by the police at road blocks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The police are there precisely to discover whether an allegation made by a damaged oraffrontedperson is correctly made against a specific person. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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