What does affronting mean?
Affronting means present participle and gerund of affront.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of affront.
We hope that he is, and that our misgivings arise solely from the Minister's characteristically affronting approach to a railway matter.
the affrontings of his majesty
How much more affronting must it be to the Majefty of Heaven, the Great KING, to be thus treated?
There was afterwards one despatch from the Russian Minister to Earl Russell which in former times must have led to instant war, because it was of a very affronting character to the great nation which the noble Earl represented.
The ladies tell me that there is no Adonis, which is very affronting —only old men (alias old women) , and boys like Thomas Thumb, with the legs of a starved spider.
Use affronting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Affronting means present participle and gerund of affront.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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