offend

Verb

Meaning

To strike against; to attack; to assail.

To displease; to make angry; to affront.

To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.

To transgress; to violate; to sin against.

To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pique break shock spite wound breach violate outrage injure bruise hurt transgress appall infract scandalize
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Antonyms

gladden help gratify content watch celebrate
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Hypernyms

kindle fire raise revolt anger provoke

Hyponyms

conflict sin humble insult sting trespass

Related terms

offensive defend offense fend

Phrases with the word

careful not to offend to offend offend against offend morals of offend the nostrils offend against a law

Derivatives

offended offending

Examples

Everyone shouts – you must learn to forgive. But no one even thinks that you must learn not to offend and not to cause pain! Source: Internet

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. Benjamin Franklin

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people. George Bernard Shaw

It is worse to excuse than to offend. Hindi Proverb

Clean hands offend no one. Colombian Proverb

Offend one monk, and the lappets of all cowls will flutter as far as Rome. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

offencelessness offencive offencively offend against offend against a law offend morals of