AFFRONTING

Traducere în limba română

affronting I. adjectiv

insultător, ofensator.

affronting II. substantiv

(of) insultare, jignire (cu gen.).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

I do not see how it can be done, said she, without affronting Lady Middleton, for they spend every day with her; otherwise I should be exceedingly glad to do it.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

She took the first opportunity of affronting her mother-in-law on the occasion, talking to her so expressively of her brother's great expectations, of Mrs. Ferrars's resolution that both her sons should marry well, and of the danger attending any young woman who attempted to DRAW HIM IN; that Mrs. Dashwood could neither pretend to be unconscious, nor endeavor to be calm.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

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