Definition of Affrontiveness. Meaning of Affrontiveness. Synonyms of Affrontiveness

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Definition of Affrontiveness

Affrontiveness
Affrontiveness Af*front"ive*ness ([a^]f*fr[u^]nt"[i^]v*n[e^]s), n. The quality that gives an affront or offense. [R.] --Bailey.

Meaning of Affrontiveness from wikipedia

- An insult is an expression, statement, or behavior that is often deliberately disrespectful, offensive, scornful, or derogatory towards an individual or...
- AffrontTheater is a theatre group active in Salzburg, Austria. Austria-International Gesellschaft, Vienna (2004). Die Bühne. Verlag Austria International...
- region at first encountered resistance from southern whites, who were affronted by their opposition to slaveholding and traditional ideals of masculinity...
- personalities) to the Excession itself and the way in which another society, the Affront, whose systematic brutality horrifies the Culture, tries to use the Excession...
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- marriage. Maximinus considered Constantine's arrangement with Licinius an affront to his authority. In response, he sent amb****adors to Rome, offering political...
- received, and insulted Aurangzeb by refusing imperial service. For this affront he was detained, but managed to effect a daring escape. Shivaji returned...
- with three crowned golden leopards' heads affrontés caboshed Or, langued in gules. The lions' heads affrontés were historically referred to as leopards...
- 2004, p. 16. Clifton & Leroy 1983. Johnson, Paul (3 September 1983). "An affront to decency". The Spectator. p. 15. Archived from the original on 17 February...