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offend
English
Etymology
From Middle French offendre, from Latin offend? (“strike, blunder, commit an offense”), from ob- (“against”) + *fend? (“strike”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??f?nd/
- Hyphenation: of?fend
- Rhymes: -?nd
Verb
offend (third-person singular simple present offends, present participle offending, simple past and past participle offended)
- (transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
- 1995 September, The Playboy Interview: Cindy Crawford, Playboy
- One day my girlfriend, her boyfriend and I were sunbathing topless because that's Barbados - you can wear nothing if you want. And the Pepsi guy walks up and with my agent to meet us for lunch. I wondered if I should put on my top because I have a business relationship with him. I didn't want him to get offended because the rest of the beach had seen me with my top off.
- 1995 September, The Playboy Interview: Cindy Crawford, Playboy
- (intransitive) To feel or become offended; to take insult.
- (transitive) To physically harm, pain.
- (transitive) To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
- (intransitive) To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
- (transitive) To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.
- (obsolete, transitive, archaic, biblical) To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
- 1896, Adolphus Frederick Schauffler, Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons, W. A. Wilde company, Page 161,
- "If any man offend not (stumbles not, is not tripped up) in word, the same is a perfect man."
- New Testament, Matthew 5:29 (Sermon on the Mount),
- "If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out."
- 1896, Adolphus Frederick Schauffler, Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons, W. A. Wilde company, Page 161,
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:offend.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:offend
Derived terms
Related terms
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Further reading
- offend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- offend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- end off
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