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affronting

adjectiveliterário/ɐfɾõˈtadiku/rare

a·fron·tá·di·co

Definition

Having a propensity to affront or provoke; insolent, provocative.
His affronting tone irritated everyone present.
He wrote a letter of an affronting nature to the director.

Etymology

Derivação de 'afronta' + sufixo adjetival '-dico'.

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