▪ I.affronting,vbl.n.|əˈfrʌntɪŋ|[f.affront v. + -ing¹.](Now mostly gerundial.)1.The action of offering indignity or open insult; insulting defiance.1611Cotgr.,Avillonnement, an affronting, vexing.1677R. GilpinDæmonol. Sacra (1867) 388It is no less than the open affronting of God by abusing His own favours.1702Case of W. Penn 8By their affronting of it[the Act], and making Laws repugnant, and in opposition to it.2.The action of facing or encountering.1613HaywardNorm.Kings 67By affronting of both the Armies.1856RuskinMod.Paint. IV. v. xix. §15This endurance or affronting of fearful images.▪ II.affronting,ppl.a.|əˈfrʌntɪŋ|[f.affront v. + -ing².]Insulting to the face; openly offensive.1724WattsLogick i. iv. §3 (1813) 344Some[words]are clean and decent..others are affronting and reproachful.1748RichardsonClarissa xv. (1811) II. 98Had you not been so rudely affronting to him.1869R. LyttonOrval 163The blazon'd boast of his affronting flag.