royally offended
- idiom
- Informal
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profundamente ofendido
- If you forget his birthday, he'll be royally offended and probably won't speak to you for days.
Examples
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After being kept waiting for hours, the guest felt royally offended by the staff's attitude.
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She was royally offended when her ideas were dismissed so quickly.
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She felt royally offended by the rude comments.
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How could he say that? I'm royally offended!
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She was royally offended when her ideas were dismissed without consideration.
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The audience was royally offended by the comedian's inappropriate jokes.
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He felt royally offended after being excluded from important meetings at work.
Synonyms
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4.1
Feeling very angry and shocked because something seems unfair
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2.3
Feeling hurt because someone said or did something rude
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4.5
Feeling very angry because someone treated you unfairly
Feeling hurt and angry because someone treated you badly
Feeling very furious because someone did something unfair or rude
Antonyms
How Offended
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adverb 'royally' combined with 'offended' produces a clear intensifying, figurative meaning (‘very/extremely offended’) that a B1 learner who knows both words can plausibly infer. However the use of 'royally' as an intensifier is somewhat metaphorical (royal → grand/exaggerated) rather than strictly compositional, so the relation is partially predictable but relies on recognizing an idiomatic intensifier pattern.
Etymology
Royally offended comes from the picture of a king or queen who is insulted and reacts with great pride and anger. Because being royally treated makes an insult feel much larger, royally offended now means 'extremely offended' or deeply hurt in a dramatic way.