unaffrontedadj.
1. Not affronted or insulted.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > not attacked or molested
unsoughta1300
unannoyeda1470
unbaited15..
unmolested1531
unpersecuted?1545
unmolestc1560
unassaileda1586
unattempteda1616
unthreatened1649
unattacked1663
uninfested1670
unaffronted1753
uninsulted1832
unharried1871
unshot1897
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. xxx. 353 You went away unhurt, and un-affronted.
1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 9 And by my power is her beauty veil'd To keep it unaffronted, unassail'd By the love-glances of unlovely eyes.
2. Not confronted or faced.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective] > not opposed
unfronted1615
unopposed1625
uncombated1649
unconfronteda1656
unaffronted1840
1840 R. Browning Sordello i. 547 Rife With grandeurs, unaffronted to the last, Equal to being all!
1856 F. E. Paget Owlet of Owlstone Edge 57 But unaffronted, (we invent a very expressive word for the occasion,) he is impregnable.
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