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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
offend
v 1: cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless
remark offended me" [syn: pique, offend]
2: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises;
"offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or
human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" [syn:
transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against,
breach, break] [ant: keep, observe]
3: strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of
this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: shock,
offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall,
outrage]
4: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include
me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
[syn: hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Offend \Of*fend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Offended; p. pr. & vb.
n. Offending.] [OF. offendre, L. offendere, offensum; ob
(see Ob-) + fendere (in comp.) to thrust, dash. See
Defend.]
1. To strike against; to attack; to assail. [Obs.] --Sir P.
Sidney.
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2. To displease; to make angry; to affront.
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A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong
city. --Prov. xviii.
19.
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3. To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong
light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.
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4. To transgress; to violate; to sin against. [Obs.]
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Marry, sir, he hath offended the law. --Shak.
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5. (Script.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to
stumble; to cause to sin or to fall. [Obs.]
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Who hath you misboden or offended. --Chaucer.
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If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out . . . And
if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off. --Matt.
v. 29, 3O.
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Great peace have they which love thy law, and
nothing shall offend them. --Ps. cxix.
165.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Offend \Of*fend"\, v. i.
1. To transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a crime;
to stumble; to sin.
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Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend
in one point, he is guilty of all. --James ii.
10.
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If it be a sin to covet honor,
I am the most offending soul alive. --Shak.
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2. To cause dislike, anger, or vexation; to displease.
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I shall offend, either to detain or give it. --Shak.
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To offend against, to do an injury or wrong to; to commit
an offense against. "We have offended against the Lord
already." --2 Chron. xxviii. 13.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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, do wrong, dump on, dysphemize, embarrass, err, exasperate, excite, fleer at, flout, fret, gall, gibe at, give offense, give offense to, give umbrage, grieve, gross out, horrify, humiliate, hurl a brickbat, hurt, hurt the feelings, infract, infringe, insult, irritate, jeer at, jibe at, look a fright, look a mess, look bad, look like hell, look something terrible, mar, miff, mock, nauseate, needle, nettle, offend the eye, outrage, pain, pique, provoke, put down, put off, rankle, rattle, repel, repulse, revolt, rile, ruffle, scandalize, scoff at, shock, sicken, sin, slight, snub, spoil, sting, taunt, transgress, treat with indignity, trespass, turn the stomach, uglify, upset, vex, wound |
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Common Misspellings > |
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