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offend

verb

1 offend

Cause to feel resentment or indignation:
— Her tactless remark offended me.

synonym: pique.

Roget 900: resent, take amiss, take ill, take to heart, take offense, take umbrage, take huff, take exception; take in ill part, take in bad part, take in dudgeon; ne pas entendre raillerie [Fr.]; breathe revenge, cut up rough.    ... show more

Dutch: kwetsen

2 offend

Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises:
— Offend all laws of humanity.

synonyms: breach, break, go against, infract, transgress, violate.

Roget 945: be vicious etc. adj.; sin, commit sin, do amiss, err, transgress; misdemean oneself, forget oneself, misconduct oneself; misdo, misbehave; fall, ... show more

Dutch: misdoen, schenden, verbreken

3 offend

Strike with disgust or revulsion.

synonyms: appal, appall, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock.

Roget 830: cause pain, occasion pain, give pain, bring pain, induce pain, produce pain, create pain, inflict pain etc. 828; pain, hurt, wound.    pinch, ... show more

Dutch: verbijsteren, ontzetten, ontstellen, choqueren, shockeren

4 offend

Hurt the feelings of.

synonyms: bruise, hurt, injure, spite, wound.

Dutch: grieven, krenken, kwetsen, steken


Moby thesaurus: affront, aggrieve, anger, annoy, appall, blemish, blot, breach, break, call names, chagrin, commit sin, contravene, deface, disfigure, disgruntle, disgust, dishonor, disoblige, displease ... show more.

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