Bryan Fuller

If you are going to be serving a living thing, you have to honor that living thing with some kind of care and thought and preparation to rationalize the taking of that life in some way. Where if you're just grinding up hamburger at McDonald's, I see that as a bit of an affront to living things.

American Producer

Katharine Viner

As editor, I think we need to act more decisively on what kind of material appears on the 'Guardian'. Those who argue that this is an affront to freedom of speech miss the point. That freedom counts for little if it is used to silence others.

British Journalist

Jim Mattis

Some people feel affronted when something they thought to be true doesn't happen. If that's the case, then your sense of risk is much higher, and that leads to risk aversion. You need to be able to be comfortable in uncertainty.

American Public Servant

Peter Maurer

Torture and other forms of cruel or humiliating treatment are an affront to humanity, and the physical and psychological scars can last a lifetime.

Swiss Activist

Tom Fitton

It's hard for people who obey and respect the law to keep their heads from exploding in the face of affronts to common sense and the rule of law.

American Activist

Amber Rudd

Modern slavery is a barbaric crime. Each and every case is a both a tragedy and an affront to our values of decency and kindness.

British Politician

Samuel Richardson

The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.

English Novelist

George Bernard Shaw

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.

Irish Playwright

Rush Limbaugh

Every aspect of Obamacare is an affront to the very founding of this country.

American Entertainer

Joseph Addison

Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.

English Writer

Affront as a noun can carry a strong emotional weight and imply deep disrespect.

Emotional Impact

An affront might be culturally specific; what offends in one culture may not in another.

Cultural Sensitivity

Affront often suggests a serious offense, more than a minor slight.

Severity

Using affront as a verb implies a deliberate act to offend someone.

Intention Matters

Affront as a verb often points to a face-to-face or direct encounter.

Direct Confrontation

To affront someone suggests causing a serious personal offense, not just annoyance.

Serious Offense

To affront something can mean to confront it with courage, especially a challenge.

Face Challenges

Using affront this way can imply defiance against something formidable or authoritative.

Defiance Implication

 He saw them. At a macro level, he thought, you know, we talk about democracy promotion, but we do it in a way sometimes that's an affront to people's dignity. We put people on humanitarian aid and we boast about it because we've spent three billion. It's incredibly important,

Samantha Power: Shaking...

 put these statues up to send a message to people just like when that you're lessening and even though we lost the war and the United States won we're not coming along and that's why Robert easel these arms are folded and he's looking north it's an affront to the idea of

New Orleans Mayor Mitch...

 decided that it would be the final affront. It was time for retribution. So, Nemesis set Narcissus towards a clear, glassy pool. As he bent towards the water to drink, he caught sight of a hauntingly beautiful young man.