affrontive

[ uh-fruhn-tiv ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. insulting; offensive.

Other Words From

• af·frontive·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of affrontive¹

First recorded in 1650–60; affront + -ive

Example Sentences

And, oh, the things he does to keep our attention — swinging from a cable like a hyperactive monkey, stripping down to the affrontive altogether, urinating in a triumphal arc, getting cozy with audience members as he roves the aisles, making fun of the projected supertitles that translate his German into English.

From New York Times

How affrontive it is to despise mercy.

From Project Gutenberg

As to the Scotch, their barbarisms that are to be found even in print, are affrontive to the descendants of Englishmen.

From Project Gutenberg

I have never heard of anything, and I cannot conceive of anything, more absurd and more affrontive of all sober judgment than the cry that we are getting indemnity by the acquisition of New Mexico and California.

From Project Gutenberg

It was then voted, that the letter, signed Richard Clarke & Son, Benjamin Faneuil, for self and Joshua Winslow, Esqr., and also the letter signed Thomas Hutchinson, which had been read, were daringly affrontive to the Town, and the meeting was immediately dissolved.

From Project Gutenberg