Both Uses of
affront
in
David Copperfield
- My father had once been a favourite of hers, I believe; but she was mortally affronted by his marriage, on the ground that my mother was 'a wax doll'.†
Chpt 1-3 *affronted = insulted
- But I felt it quite an affront to be supposed proud, and said I only wanted to be asked.†
Chpt 16-18
Definitions:
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(1)
(affront as in: an affront to society) an intentional insult; or to intentionally insult
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, but sometimes seen in classic literature, affront can refer to any face-to-face exchange -- especially one involving a candid or controversial conversation.