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单词 affrontive
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affrontive

[ uh-fruhn-tiv ]
/ əˈfrʌn tɪv /

adjective Archaic.

insulting; offensive.

Origin of affrontive

First recorded in 1650–60; affront + -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM affrontive

af·fron·tive·ness, noun

Words nearby affrontive

affricate, affrication, affricative, affright, affront, affrontive, afft., affusion, AFG, AFGE, Afgh.
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Example sentences from the Web for affrontive

  • As to the Scotch, their barbarisms that are to be found even in print, are affrontive to the descendants of Englishmen.

    A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed.|Benjamin Waterhouse
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