affrontive
[ uh-fruhn-tiv ]
/ əˈfrʌn tɪv /
adjective Archaic.
insulting; offensive.
OTHER WORDS FROM affrontive
af·fron·tive·ness, nounWords nearby affrontive
affricate,
affrication,
affricative,
affright,
affront,
affrontive,
afft.,
affusion,
afg,
afg.,
afge
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