Antonyms for affronting

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-fruhnt

Phonetic Transcription : əˈfrʌnt

Definition of affronting

Origin : 1590s, from affront (v.).

verb insult or involve in entanglement

Example sentences :

“Allah preserve us from affronting him,” whispered the caliph.
Extract from : « The Pacha of Many Tales » by Frederick Marryat

I could not, were my very life at stake, think of affronting them by not doffing my hat.
Extract from : « The Disowned, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

And turned off for pinching the duenna, or affronting my lady's waiting-woman?
Extract from : « The Abbot » by Sir Walter Scott

As if he felt himself full to the throat with affronting sentiments.
Extract from : « Our Mutual Friend » by Charles Dickens

Somehow the old unbridled passions rose up within me and I succeeded in affronting Edmée with my fierce speech.
Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books, Vol VII » by Various

She amazed him, sitting there in the purple stockings and the affronting gown, and he admired.
Extract from : « The Pretty Lady » by Arnold E. Bennett

But in his eagerness to secure the alliance of Florence, he committed the fatal mistake of affronting the Venetians.
Extract from : « Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 » by Julia Mary Cartwright

Mrs Moodie tried every means of affronting her, but long without success.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 437, March 1852 » by Various

He paused for a moment to look out; his heart beat uncomfortably, as though he were affronting some unknown danger.
Extract from : « Crome Yellow » by Aldous Huxley

And now by affronting of both the Armies, the plots and labours of many moneths, were reduced to the hazard of a few houres.
Extract from : « The Lives of the III Normans, Kings of England: William the First, William the Second, Henrie the First » by John Hayward

Synonyms for affronting

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