Offend
11offend — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French offendre, from Latin offendere to strike against, offend, from ob against + fendere to strike more at ob , defend Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to transgress the moral or divine law ; …
12offend */ — UK [əˈfend] / US verb Word forms offend : present tense I/you/we/they offend he/she/it offends present participle offending past tense offended past participle offended 1) [transitive] to make someone upset and angry by doing or saying something… …
13offend — verb ADVERB ▪ deeply, gravely, greatly ▪ He knew that he had offended her deeply. ▪ mortally ▪ slightly ▪ …
14offend — [[t]əfe̱nd[/t]] offends, offending, offended 1) VERB If you offend someone, you say or do something rude which upsets or embarrasses them. [V n] He apologizes for his comments and says he had no intention of offending the community... [V n] The… …
15offend — verb 1 (transitive usually passive) to make someone angry or upset: be offended: Richard was deeply offended that people thought he d faked the story. | I hope you won t be offended if I leave early. | offend sb: I m sorry; have I done something… …
16offend — of|fend [ ə fend ] verb * 1. ) transitive to make someone upset and angry by doing or saying something: They avoided saying anything that might offend their audience. The chairman did not seem offended by the criticism. 2. ) intransitive to… …
17offend — verb /əˈfɛnd/ a) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult. Your accusations offend me deeply. b) To feel or become offended, take insult. Dont worry. I dont offend easily. See Also: offense, offensive, defend …
18offend — v. to offend deeply, gravely * * * [ə fend] gravely to offend deeply …
19offend — offendable, adj. offendedly, adv. offendedness, n. offender, n. /euh fend /, v.t. 1. to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me. 2. to affect (the sense, taste, etc.) disagreeably. 3. to… …
20offend — Synonyms and related words: affront, aggrieve, anger, annoy, appall, blemish, blot, breach, break, call names, chagrin, commit sin, contravene, deface, disfigure, disgruntle, disgust, dishonor, disoblige, displease, distress, disturb, do amiss,… …
