| 单词 | to take affront |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take affront b. Offence, umbrage; indignation or displeasure at a (perceived) insult or offence. Frequently in to take affront.See also in affront at Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] unthankc893 ofthinkingc1225 displeasancec1340 grievancec1380 offencec1390 griefa1400 ill liking?a1400 mislikinga1400 displacencec1450 displeasure1484 displeasantness1547 discontentment1550 displeasedness1561 discontent1579 displicence1593 aggrievedness1594 disconceitc1598 distasture1611 displicency1640 disobligation1645 displacencya1652 affront1705 disobligement18.. unpleasure1814 misloving1871 unwill1872 displeasurement1882 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia i. iii. 40 Oppechaucanough took Affront, and in Revenge laid the Plot of a general Massacre of the English. 1774 J. Hanway Virtue in Humble Life II. i. ii. 74 Your sex being more apt to take affront, when none is intended. 1860 R. Gardiner Polit. & Legislative Considerations National Def. (ed. 3) Pref. p. xviii Not to call things by their right name, for fear of causing affront or anger. 1912 Smart Set July 38/1 Every hair in the fur before her seemed to bristle with affront. 1996 D. F. Wallace Infinite Jest 6 The facial creases of the shaggy middle Dean are now pursed in a kind of distanced affront. 2010 L. Rohter Brazil on Rise (2012) ix. 226 Brazilians sometimes perceive slights where none are intended or take affront where none is meant. < as lemmas |
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