All 4 Uses of
affront
in
Catch-22
- Colonel Korn jerked his elbow free from Yossarian's clutching fingers in startled affront.†
Chpt 12 *
- The colonel lifted his eyes as though affronted and studied the chaplain with aloof distrust.†
Chpt 19affronted = insulted
- Decent people everywhere were affronted, and Milo was all washed up until he opened his books to the public and disclosed the tremendous profit he had made.†
Chpt 24
- Dobbs was affronted.†
Chpt 27
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.