Definition of offends Offends
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What does offends mean?
Part of speech
🔤- offends, verb, present, 3rd person singular of offend (infinitive).
WordNet
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| offend - 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" | ||
| transgress, infract, violate, go against, breach, break | ||
| observe, keep stick to correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees" | ||
| disrespect have little or no respect for; hold in contempt | ||
| sin, transgress, trespass commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law | ||
| boob, drop the ball, goof, sin, blunder commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview" | ||
| run afoul, conflict, contravene, infringe go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" | ||
| trespass break the law | ||
| intrude, trespass thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude on the viewer" | ||
| offend - strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" | ||
| shock, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage | ||
| churn up, disgust, nauseate, revolt, sicken cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us" | ||
| offend - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" | ||
| hurt, wound, injure, bruise, spite | ||
| enkindle, elicit, kindle, provoke, evoke, arouse, fire, raise derive by reason; "elicit a solution" | ||
| affront, diss, insult treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone" | ||
| lacerate cut or tear irregularly | ||
| sting deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" | ||
| abase, chagrin, humiliate, humble, mortify cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" | ||
| offend - cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me" | ||
| pique | ||
| resent feel bitter or indignant about; "She resents being paid less than her co-workers" | ||
| anger make angry; "The news angered him" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- offend (Verb)
To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult. - offend (Verb)
To feel or become offended, take insult. - offend (Verb)
To physically harm, pain. - offend (Verb)
To annoy, cause discomfort or resent. - offend (Verb)
To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules. - offend (Verb)
To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement. - offend (Verb)
To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- offend (v. t.)
To strike against; to attack; to assail. - offend (v. t.)
To displease; to make angry; to affront. - offend (v. t.)
To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience. - offend (v. t.)
To transgress; to violate; to sin against. - offend (v. t.)
To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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offend
To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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offend
of-fend′, v.t. to displease or make angry: to do harm to: to affront: (B.) to cause to sin.—v.i. to sin: to cause anger: (B.) to be made to sin.—n. Offence′, any cause of anger or displeasure: an injury: a crime: a sin: affront: assault.—adjs. Offence′ful (Shak.) giving offence or displeasure: injurious; Offence′less (Milt.), unoffending: innocent.—ns. Offend′er, one who offends or injures: a trespasser: a criminal:—fem. Offend′ress; Offense′, &c., same as Offence, &c.—adj. Offens′ive, causing offence, displeasure, or injury: used in attack: making the first attack.—n. the act of the attacking party: the posture of one who attacks.—adv. Offens′ively.—n. Offens′iveness.—Offensive and defensive, requiring all parties to make war together, or to defend each other if attacked.—Give offence, to cause displeasure; Take offence, to feel displeasure, be offended. [Fr.,—L. ob, against, fendĕre, to strike.]
Part of speech
🔤- offend, verb, present, 1st person singular of offend (infinitive).
- offend, verb (infinitive).
