Word Frequency
offend (əˈfɛnd
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Definitions
verb
- to hurt the feelings, sense of dignity, etc, of (a person)
- tr to be disagreeable to; disgust ⇒
the smell offended him
- intr except in archaic uses to break (a law or laws in general)
Derived Forms
ofˈfender nounofˈfending adjective
Word Origin
C14: via Old French offendre to strike against, from Latin offendere, from ob- against + fendere to strikeSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = distress, upset, outrage, pain, wound, slight, provoke, insult, annoy, irritate, put down, dismay, snub, aggravate, gall, agitate, ruffle, disconcert, vex, affront, displease, rile, pique, give offence, hurt (someone's) feelings, nark, cut to the quick, miff, tread on (someone's) toes, piss you off, put (someone's) nose out of joint, put (someone's) back up, disgruntle, get (someone's) goat, hack someone off,
Translations for 'offend'
- British English: offend If you offend someone, you upset or embarrass them.I'm sorry if I offended you.Television censors are cutting out scenes which they claim may offend.əˈfɛnd VERB
- Arabic: يُسيِءُ إِلَى
- Brazilian Portuguese: ofender
- Chinese: 犯罪
- Croatian: uvrijediti
- Czech: urazit urážet
- Danish: fornærme
- Dutch: beledigen
- European Spanish: ofender
- Finnish: loukata
- French: offusquer
- German: beleidigen
- Greek: θίγω
- Italian: offendere
- Japanese: 不快感を与える
- Korean: 위반하다
- Norwegian: fornærme
- Polish: obrazić obrażać
- Portuguese: ofender
- Romanian: a ofensa
- Russian: оскорбить
- Spanish: ofender
- Swedish: förnärma
- Thai: ทำให้ขุ่นเคือง
- Turkish: gücendirmek
- Ukrainian: ображати образити
- Vietnamese: xúc phạm
Example Sentences Including 'offend'
"The Passion is a movie meant to inspire, not offend ," Gibson said in Friday's Variety.Ottawa Sun (2003)
It's difficult to know what more she could have done to offend.Sun, News of the World (2001)
Surgeon Commander Malcolm Scott told an industrial tribunal yesterday that he had not intended to offend Nigerian-born Gladys Johnson.Sun, News of the World (2000)
THROUGH THE years, the federal Liberals have seemed to make it a priority to offend anyone who would make a better friend than foe.Edmonton Sun (2003)
That to offend the land or Earth was to offend something greater than one's soul.Gwendolen
Then you can do more or less what you like, except to offend other diplomatic missions, or the host country.The Ambassador's Women
There was no longer a multiplicity of Gods with different priorities - a minefield where pleasing one deity might offend another.Phoenix From the Flame
This weekend's scheduled screening of Messiah 2 has been postponed for fear that a drama about murder will offend viewers.Spiked
When Miss Beaver did mortally offend her Lily would think of the darker implications of her name.Looking For the Spark
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