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41Johann Janssen — Johann Janssen † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Johann Janssen Historian, born 10 April, 1829, at Kanten, Germany; died 24 December, 1891, at Frankfort on the Main. He received his early education in a school of his native town. His course… …
42ofþyncan — irreg wv/t1b impersonal 3rd pres ofþyncþ past ofþúhte ptp ofþúht to give offence, insult, vex, displease, weary, grieve …
43knuckle — knuck|le1 [ˈnʌkəl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Middle Low German; Origin: knökel small bone, knuckle ] 1.) your knuckles are the joints in your fingers, including the ones where your fingers join your hands ▪ Her knuckles whitened as she gripped the… …
44displease — v. a. 1. Offend, dissatisfy, disgust, disoblige, give offence to. 2. Provoke, irritate, vex, chagrin, affront, pique, chafe, fret, anger, nettle, make angry …
45provoke — v. a. 1. Excite, stimulate, arouse, rouse, awaken, incite, move, kindle, inflame, animate, instigate, impel, stir up, work up, induce. 2. Exasperate, incense, enrage, chafe, vex, aggravate, anger, irritate, exacerbate, nettle, offend, affront,… …
46scandalize — v. a. 1. Offend, give offence to, shock. 2. Vilify, asperse, defame, backbite, traduce, decry, calumniate, slander, reproach, libel, revile, satirize, lampoon, inveigh against. 3. Disgrace, bring disgrace on …
47knuckle — 1 noun 1 (C) the joints in your fingers including the ones where your fingers join your hands 2 (C) a piece of meat around the lowest leg joint: a knuckle of pork 3 near the knuckle BrE informal rude, or likely to give offence: Some of his jokes… …
48offend — verb 1) I m sorry if I offended him Syn: upset, give offence to, affront, hurt someone s feelings, insult, hurt, wound, slight 2) criminals who offend repeatedly Syn: break the law, commit a crime …
49bleep — /blip / (say bleep) verb (i) 1. to emit a high pitched broken sound, or a radio signal. –noun 2. a single short high pitched sound. 3. (euphemistic) (a word used to indicate an offensive word which has been censored): what the bleep does she… …
50disoblige — /dɪsəˈblaɪdʒ/ (say disuh bluyj) verb (t) (disobliged, disobliging) 1. to refuse or neglect to oblige; act contrary to the desire or convenience of; fail to accommodate. 2. to give offence to; affront. –disobliging, adjective –disobligingly,… …
