All 6 Uses of
affront
in
Pride and Prejudice
- Elizabeth, having rather expected to affront him, was amazed at his gallantry; but there was a mixture of sweetness and archness in her manner which made it difficult for her to affront anybody; and Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her.†
Chpt 10 *
- Elizabeth, having rather expected to affront him, was amazed at his gallantry; but there was a mixture of sweetness and archness in her manner which made it difficult for her to affront anybody; and Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her.†
Chpt 10
- Mrs. Bennet and her daughters apologised most civilly for Lydia's interruption, and promised that it should not occur again, if he would resume his book; but Mr. Collins, after assuring them that he bore his young cousin no ill-will, and should never resent her behaviour as any affront, seated himself at another table with Mr. Bennet, and prepared for backgammon.†
Chpt 14
- Catherine, weak-spirited, irritable, and completely under Lydia's guidance, had been always affronted by their advice; and Lydia, self-willed and careless, would scarcely give them a hearing.†
Chpt 37
- Could he expect to be noticed again by the regiment, after such an affront to Colonel Forster?†
Chpt 47
- You are not going to be missish, I hope, and pretend to be affronted at an idle report.†
Chpt 57
Definition:
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(affront as in: an affront to society) an intentional insult; or to intentionally insult