All 4 Uses of
affront
in
Great Expectations
- He pretended that his Christian name was Dolge,—a clear Impossibility,—but he was a fellow of that obstinate disposition that I believe him to have been the prey of no delusion in this particular, but wilfully to have imposed that name upon the village as an affront to its understanding.†
Chpt 15
- He attached no definite meaning to the word that I am aware of, but used it, like his own pretended Christian name, to affront mankind, and convey an idea of something savagely damaging.†
Chpt 17 *
- I am surprised, Matthew, that you should expose me to the affront of interference.†
Chpt 23
- Startop, being a lively, bright young fellow, and Drummle being the exact opposite, the latter was always disposed to resent him as a direct personal affront.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(affront as in: an affront to society) an intentional insult; or to intentionally insult