to offend
283
2.8
- verb
- /əˈfɛnd/
- Look, I'm sorry if I offended you a while ago.
- offend people
- try not to offend
- avoid offending
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Watch on YouTubeAnd 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
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1.0
Make someone suffer physical or emotional pain
354
9.9
To make someone very angry
273
1.0
Make someone feel sad or worried
208
2.1
To cause someone to feel sudden surprise and distress
144
1.0
Make someone slightly angry or bothered by small repeated actions
87
3.6
Annoy someone again and again to make them react
60
4.9
To bother someone again and again until they feel angry
57
2.9
Make someone feel annoyed or impatient, often by repeated small actions
46
3.2
Make someone very annoyed or upset
38
7.4
To annoy someone a lot by small things another person does
32
4.3
Make someone feel disgusted or shocked by bad actions
28
7.6
To make someone angry or unfriendly
28
4.2
To hurt someone's feelings or pride
22
6.9
Make someone annoyed, often by small things
13
3.9
Make people feel very angry and shocked
13
4.7
To make someone feel annoyed or unhappy
11
7.0
To shock or offend people by behaving in a way many think is wrong
10
5.7
To hurt a person's feelings deeply
9
4.9
To deliberately hurt or annoy someone to upset them
6
5.5
To make someone feel shocked and very upset by something cruel or wrong
2
5.9
Make someone very annoyed by doing the same thing again and again
2
8.2
To offend someone and make them feel annoyed or hurt
2
2.5
Hurt someone's feelings by saying or doing something
1
6.8
To make someone feel annoyed
1
8.0
To make someone feel slightly annoyed
Antonyms
How Offensive
6
5.5
13
3.9
- Offensive
420
2.1
283
2.8
57
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.