Mr Annan, angry at the affront to the UN's authority, also condemned Iraq.
Bristling citizens and indignant pundits quickly denounced the affront to the country's highest office.
To Britons sick of being pushed around, this obnoxious affront to retrospective pride may be the last straw.
called the speech "an affront to the president of the United States".
Some bankers may also take affront at the singling out of activities like trading of complex securities known as derivatives, which the panel identified as risky but that they consider integral to modern finance.
The personal affront may be appeased with a little dextrous grovelling, proud and prickly though McCain is.
The most galling affront to the Kremlin was Berezovsky's role in the Ukrainian elections.
It may be an affront to those who uphold the sanctity of English as the national language, but heterogeneity looks as if it will increasingly be the name of the game.
The National Kidney Foundation opposes compensation on the grounds that it would "cheapen the gift" — that it may be an "affront" to those who have already donated.
It's an affront to the power of the imagination.
On Monday, Mr. Hanna changed course, calling the project "an affront to the victims of 9/11".
