be affronted
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What kind of person claims to love movies, only to be affronted when one they haven’t seen or heard of is brought to their attention?
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2022
I’m sure that if you asked these judges if they were certain they were making equally good decisions each time, they’d be affronted.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2014
It strikes me as interesting that regular court-watchers tend to be affronted by suggestions that it’s time for Ginsburg to go, just as political scientists are astonished that it isn’t.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2014
Having already beaten Oklahoma, 27-14, the Hurricanes were poised to be affronted by only half a title should the Sooners defeat Penn State.
From Time Magazine Archive
Leslie would have propitiated the mayor of the palace with kind words and attentions, but when she was snapped up in her efforts, she drew back with a girl's aptness to be affronted and repelled.
From Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes by Sarah Tytler
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