“affronting”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

affronting

释义

▪ I. affronting, vbl. n.|əˈfrʌntɪŋ|
[f. affront v. + -ing¹.]
(Now mostly gerundial.)
1. The action of offering indignity or open insult; insulting defiance.
1611Cotgr., Avillonnement, an affronting, vexing.1677R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra (1867) 388 It is no less than the open affronting of God by abusing His own favours.1702Case of W. Penn 8 By their affronting of it [the Act], and making Laws repugnant, and in opposition to it.
2. The action of facing or encountering.
1613Hayward Norm. Kings 67 By affronting of both the Armies.1856Ruskin Mod. Paint. IV. v. xix. §15 This endurance or affronting of fearful images.
▪ II. affronting, ppl. a.|əˈfrʌntɪŋ|
[f. affront v. + -ing².]
Insulting to the face; openly offensive.
1724Watts Logick i. iv. §3 (1813) 344 Some [words] are clean and decent..others are affronting and reproachful.1748Richardson Clarissa xv. (1811) II. 98 Had you not been so rudely affronting to him.1869R. Lytton Orval 163 The blazon'd boast of his affronting flag.

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