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affronted
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Embarrassed, mortified, often on somebody else's behalf. The Northern Irish sense, a step away from the standard English insulted.
Standard English already owned this word; Northern Ireland repurposed it. Elsewhere, to be affronted is to be insulted. Here it means embarrassed, and most distinctively it can be felt on somebody else's behalf: affronted for her. It earns its place in the definition of scundered itself.
Affronted in a sentence
Affronted intensifies with pure, and its signature move is the preposition for: affronted for her, affronted for the waiter, affronted for yourself.
Daddy danced at the formal. Properly danced.
He argued the bill. We were still at the table.
Clapped when the plane landed. Nobody joined in.
Common questions
What does affronted mean in Northern Ireland?
Embarrassed or mortified, often intensified: pure affronted. The Northern Irish sense is about shame rather than insult.
Is the Northern Irish affronted different from standard English?
Yes. In standard English affronted means insulted. In Northern Ireland it shifted towards embarrassed, and the two senses live side by side.
What does affronted for someone mean?
Secondhand embarrassment: mortified on another person's behalf while they carry on oblivious.
What is the difference between affronted and scundered?
Near neighbours. Scundered is the general word for mortified; affronted leans towards embarrassment felt for somebody else.
Affronted, on purpose
Mortified
The dignity-shredding party game.
Mortified is a party game that manufactures the feeling on purpose. Your name lands on the screen, the room writes answers in secret, and the reveal does the rest. One person buys, the whole room plays.
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See also
- scundered /ˈskʌn.dəd/ adjective Mortified, embarrassed, affronted. The headline word for the whole feeling.
- redner /ˈrɛd.nər/ noun The red face that arrives whether you are affronted for yourself or somebody else.
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