All 10 Uses of
affront
in
Gone with the Wind
- He seemed to take pleasure not only in affronting the sincere and red-hot loyalties of Atlanta but in presenting himself in the worst possible light.†
Chpt 2.12 *affronting = intentionally insulting
- He not only affronted the town with insinuations of venality on the part of men in high places and slurs on the courage of the men in the field, but he took pleasure in tricking the dignified citizenry into embarrassing situations.†
Chpt 2.12affronted = insulted
- He always left her before they reached the town again but all Atlanta knew about their meetings, and it gave the gossips something new to add to the long list of Scarlett's affronts to the proprieties.†
Chpt 4.38affronts = intentional insults; or the act of intentionally insulting
- They aren't successful and so they aren't affronting the hot Southern pride of their men folks.†
Chpt 4.38affronting = intentionally insulting
- He was so affronted at a Butler becoming a gambler that when I came home for the first time, he forbade my mother to see me.†
Chpt 4.43affronted = insulted
- Laces and silks and braid and ribbons, all blockade run, all the more precious and more proudly worn because of it, finery flaunted with an added pride as an extra affront to the Yankees.†
Chpt 2.9
- Instead, it seemed as though, after trying the company of the staid and patriotic citizens and winning their respect and grudging liking, something perverse in him made him go out of his way to affront them and show them that his conduct had been only a masquerade and one which no longer amused him.†
Chpt 2.12
- Ashley knew that half the people present had never heard of Purgatory and those who had would take it as a personal affront, if he insinuated, even in prayer, that so fine a man as Mr. O'Hara had not gone straight to Heaven.†
Chpt 4.40
- And he seemed to take it as a personal affront that I did not starve but put my poker playing to excellent advantage and supported myself royally by gambling.†
Chpt 4.43
- He went his way, amused, contemptuous, impervious to the opinions of those about him, so courteous that his courtesy was an affront in itself.†
Chpt 5.49
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.