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noun

affront

a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect

In a sentence

Six example sentences with affront, each labelled with its topic.

  • Seating the delegation in the back row was taken as an affront, and two ministers left before the speeches.

    Politics

  • Hanging the portrait beside the fire exit struck the painter as an affront, and she withdrew from the show.

    Art

  • Announcing the cofounder's replacement in an all-hands email, before telling her, was an affront the whole team noticed.

    Startups

  • Being left off the all-star roster felt like an affront, and he answered it with forty points the next night.

    Basketball

  • Asking for ketchup with the tasting menu was taken as an affront, and the chef came out to say so.

    Cooking

  • The judge treated the late filing as an affront to the court and fined the firm for wasting a full day.

    Law

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