affront
Example Sentences
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They call themselves the Concert; once they go public, others call them the Affront.
From Slate • Jan. 28, 2016
Direct Affront At a bitter, five-hour meeting of the 150-man central committee of the Arab Socialist Union last month, Sabry launched a showdown attack on the federation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Where the Affront was very heinous, I know what you say is true.
From An Enquiry into an Origin of Honour; and the Usefulness of Christianity in War by Mandeville, Bernard
He must bear no Affront without resenting it, nor refuse a Challenge, if it be sent to him in a proper Manner by a Man of Honour.
From An Enquiry into an Origin of Honour; and the Usefulness of Christianity in War by Mandeville, Bernard
Affront him not in jest, lest you lose him in earnest.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
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