Verb
take offense (third-person singular simple present takes offense, present participle taking offense, simple past took offense, past participle taken offense)
To feel (and usually to show) resentment at another's actions or words.
Synonym: take umbrage
We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it. Abraham Lincoln
If you only take offense when the president of your party is compared to Hitler, then you're part of the problem. John Avlon
Being as versatile as I am, I take offense to the notion that no serious musician would not be doing a late night talk show gig. One has to be open enough in other areas to be able to contribute to a show like this. Kevin Eubanks
You know, one of these days, I'm actually going to take offense if people keep throwing out these slurs. And then things are going to get rather ugly. When we Skandians do take offense, we do it with a battleax. John Flanagan
When you see a tomcat with his whiskers full of feathers, do not say "Canary!" - he'll take offense. Elbert Hubbard
Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them. Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues