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Offend   /əfˈɛnd/   Listen
Offend

verb
(past & past part. offended; pres. part. offending)
1.
Cause to feel resentment or indignation.  Synonym: pique.
2.
Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.  Synonyms: breach, break, go against, infract, transgress, violate.  "Violate the basic laws or human civilization" , "Break a law" , "Break a promise"
3.
Strike with disgust or revulsion.  Synonyms: appal, appall, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock.
4.
Hurt the feelings of.  Synonyms: bruise, hurt, injure, spite, wound.  "This remark really bruised my ego"



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"Offend" Quotes from Famous Books



... truth; but thy celestial intelligence can seize its rays, where my gross faculties can discern nothing but clouds. I confess it; conviction has not penetrated my soul, and I feared that my doubts might offend thee. ...
— The Ruins • C. F. [Constantin Francois de] Volney

... First, we are warned against secret sin, and called to self-examination; a week's preparation follows, then, when the time of celebration is come, we hear the Commandments read, we are solemnly exhorted to put off every thing which may offend God; we confess our sins and our deep sorrow for them; lastly, after being admitted to the Sacrament, we expressly bind ourselves to the service of our Lord and Saviour. Doubtless this it is which the unrenewed heart cannot bear, the very notion ...
— Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8) • John Henry Newman

... me, beautiful maiden, if I have unintentionally offended you. I chanced to come here after long wandering, and found a good place to sleep under this tree. At your coming I did not know what to do, but stayed where I was, because I thought my silent watching could not offend you.' ...
— The Yellow Fairy Book • Various

... me to walk in thy commands,— 'Tis a delightful road; Nor let my head, or heart, or hands, Offend against my God. ...
— Hymns for Christian Devotion - Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination • J.G. Adams

... we find the two women, joined by Moidel, standing; against the cellar door, which is kept closely shut, that the smell emitted by a vat of sauerkraut may not offend the fastidious nostrils of the gentry. Kathi has a sprig of rosemary behind her ear, and her bare arms wrapped up in her blue apron, always in her case a sign of ease and relaxation. She is saying, "Ja, ja, very worrying. Such side ways to get hold ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII. No. 31. October, 1873. • Various


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