to offend
524
2.8
- verb
- /əˈfɛnd/
:
ofender
- Look, I'm sorry if I offended you a while ago.
- offend people
- try not to offend
- avoid offending
And I think, I think it offends, offends him morally.
- And I think, I think it offends, offends him morally.
- Plus, I understood I'm not trying to offend black women with short hair.
- This video is going to offend you and I, I don't care.
- The last thing I ever want to do is offend a Saudi backed golf league.
- They're afraid that there are going to offend someone if they ask for what they want.
- I and, and yeah, it's OK to offend you guys.
- So a big company cannot afford to offend too many people.
- Somebody feels violated or offended, and it may in fact be the case, right?
- So I don't want to offend you, but bit of common sense is necessary.
Examples
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I'm sorry if I offended you.
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Some jokes can easily offend people if they touch on sensitive topics.
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So a big company cannot afford to offend too many people.
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I understand the trick is to offend no one.
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That sort of mainstream tries not to offend anyone.
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I never realised how many people I could offend by applying foundation.
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Something that offends you may not offend me.
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So I don't want to offend you, but bit of common sense is necessary.
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I'm sorry if I offended you.
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Ladies and gentlemen, before we continue, I'd like to apologize to anyone who may have been upset or offended by what you saw before the break.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Make someone suffer physical or emotional pain
362
1.0
Make someone feel sad or worried
317
9.9
To make someone very angry
246
1.0
Make someone slightly angry or bothered by small repeated actions
202
2.1
To cause someone to feel sudden surprise and distress
158
3.2
Make someone very annoyed or upset
144
3.6
Annoy someone again and again to make them react
143
3.9
Make people feel very angry and shocked
110
5.7
To hurt a person's feelings deeply
78
2.9
Make someone feel annoyed or impatient, often by repeated small actions
64
5.5
To make someone feel shocked and very upset by something cruel or wrong
63
6.9
Make someone annoyed, often by small things
52
2.5
Hurt someone's feelings by saying or doing something
33
4.2
To hurt someone's feelings or pride
31
7.6
To make someone angry or unfriendly
28
4.9
To deliberately hurt or annoy someone to upset them
28
4.7
To make someone feel annoyed or unhappy
27
4.3
Make someone feel disgusted or shocked by bad actions
12
7.0
To shock or offend people by behaving in a way many think is wrong
8
8.0
To make someone feel slightly annoyed
7
4.9
To bother someone again and again until they feel angry
7
5.9
Make someone very annoyed by doing the same thing again and again
4
7.4
To annoy someone a lot by small things another person does
2
6.8
To make someone feel annoyed
2
8.2
To offend someone and make them feel annoyed or hurt
Antonyms
How Offensive
64
5.5
143
3.9
- Offensive
543
2.1
524
2.8
78
2.9
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Offend comes from Latin parts ob- 'against' and fendere 'to strike', and the same 'fend' root appears in defend. So to offend someone is like 'striking' them with words or actions, which is why it means to hurt or upset a person.