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affrontive

/əˈfɹʌntɪv/

affrontive adjective: tending to affront or offend.

Adjective

affrontive (comparative more affrontive, superlative most affrontive)

  1. Tending to affront or offend.
    • Their behaviour to him, when they could not help seeing him, was very cold and disobliging; but as yet not directly affrontive.1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 4, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    offensive, abusive

Synonyms of affrontive

Forms of affrontive

comparativemore affrontive
superlativemost affrontive

Origin of affrontive

From affront + -ive.

Words formed from affrontive

Questions about affrontive

What does affrontive mean?
Affrontive means tending to affront or offend.
What part of speech is affrontive?
Affrontive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce affrontive?
Affrontive is pronounced /əˈfɹʌntɪv/.

Words near affrontive in the dictionary

  1. affronteth
  2. affronting
  3. affrontingly
  4. affrontingness
  5. affrontings
  6. affrontive
  7. affrontively
  8. affrontiveness
  9. affrontment
  10. affrontments
  11. affronts

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