offend
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From Latin offendō (“‘strike, blunder, commit an offense’”) < ob (“‘against’”) + *fendō (“‘strike’”).
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to offend (third-person singular simple present offends, present participle offending, simple past and past participle offended)
- (transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
- Your accusations offend me deeply.
- (intransitive) To feel or become offended, take insult.
- Don't worry. I don't offend easily.
- (transitive) To physically harm, pain
- Strong light offends the eye.
- (transitive) To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
- Physically enjoyable frivolity can still offend the conscience
- (intransitive) To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules
- (transitive) To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.
- (obsolete) (transitive, archaic, Biblical) To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
- 1896, Adolphus Frederick Schauffler, Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons, W. A. Wilde company, Page 161,
- "If any man offend not (stumbles not, is not tripped up) in word, the same is a perfect man."
- New Testament, Matthew 5:29 (Sermon on the Mount),
- "If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out."
- 1896, Adolphus Frederick Schauffler, Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons, W. A. Wilde company, Page 161,
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- See also Wikisaurus:offend
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to hurt the feelings
to physically harm, pain
to transgress or violate a law or moral requirement
sin — see sin
to cause to sin or fall
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to feel or become offended
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[edit] External links
- offend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- offend in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
