| VERB | emotion | offend, pique | cause to feel resentment or indignation |
|---|---|---|---|
| social | offend, transgress, infract, violate, go against, breach, break | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | |
| emotion | offend, shock, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage | strike with disgust or revulsion | |
| emotion | offend, hurt, wound, injure, bruise, spite | hurt the feelings of |
| Sounds | ahfeh'nd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | amend ... wend: 48 rhymes with ehnd... | |
| Meaning | Cause to feel resentment or indignation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "Her tactless remark offended me" | |
| Synonym | pique | |
| Cause to | resent | Feel bitter or indignant about |
| Broader | anger | make angry |
| Spanish | herir, insultar, ofender, picar | |
| Catalan | atacar, insultar, irritar, ofendre | |
| Adjectives | offensive | causing anger / anger or annoyance |
| Nouns | offence | a feeling of anger caused by being offended |
| Meaning | Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "offend all laws of humanity" | |
| Synonyms | transgress, infract, violate, go against, breach, break | |
| Narrower | conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene | go against, as of rules and laws |
| drop the ball, sin, blunder, boob, goof | Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | |
| sin, transgress, trespass | commit a sin | |
| trespass | break the law | |
| trespass, intrude | Enter unlawfully on someone's property | |
| Broader | disrespect | show a lack of respect for |
| Opposite | observe, keep | conform one's action or practice to |
| Spanish | insultar, ofender, transgredir, violar, vulnerar | |
| Catalan | insultar, transgredir, vulnerar | |
| Adjectives | offensive | morally offensive |
| offensive | violating / violating or tending to violate / violate or offend against | |
| Nouns | offender | a person who transgresses moral or civil law |
| offense, offence | a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right | |
| Meaning | strike with disgust or revulsion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will offend him; The performance is likely to offend Sue | |
| Synonyms | shock, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage | |
| Broader | disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up | Cause aversion in |
| Spanish | chocar, consternar, deshonrar, escandalizar, horrorizar, impactar, indignar, insultar, ofender | |
| Catalan | escandalitzar, espantar, horroritzar, indignar, insultar, ofendre, sobresaltar, sobtar, ultratjar, xocar | |
| Adjectives | offensive | unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses |
| offensive | morally offensive | |
| offensive | causing or able to cause nausea | |
| Meaning | hurt the feelings of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot offend Sue | |
| Synonyms | hurt, wound, injure, bruise, spite | |
| Narrower | diss, insult, affront | treat, mention, or speak to rudely |
| humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase | Cause to feel shame | |
| lacerate | Deeply hurt the feelings of | |
| sting | Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging | |
| Broader | arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke | Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) |
| Spanish | dañar, herir, insultar, lastimar, lesionar, ofender | |
| Catalan | danyar, ferir, fer mal, insultar, lesionar, nafrar, ofendre | |
| Adjectives | offensive | causing anger / anger or annoyance |
| Nouns | offense, offence | a lack of politeness |
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