phrase General Slang

black affrontit

· phrase · scottish

Mortified. Beyond embarrassed.

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Deeply, painfully embarrassed. Not just blushing — full ground-swallow-me-up mortified. The 'black' is an intensifier, like 'utterly'. Classic Scots reaction to your weans showing you up in Tesco.

“I was black affrontit when she started greetin in the middle o the church.”
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black affrontit In A Sentence

I was black affrontit when she started greetin in the middle o the church.

Origin & Usage

Scots use of 'black' as an intensifier (cf. 'black ashamed') + 'affrontit' from 'affront'.

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