offend
Pronunciation: /əˈfɛnd/
The English word “offend” has 7 meanings listed here.
verb
- To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
- To feel or become offended; to take insult.
- To physically harm, pain.
- To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
- To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
- To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.
- To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
Etymology
From Middle French offendre, from Latin offendō (“strike, blunder, commit an offense”), from ob- (“against”) + *fendō (“strike”).
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More English words
- offence
- offence to be taken into consideration
- offenceful
- offencelessness
- offendable
- offendant
- offendedly
- offendedness
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