Synonyms for offend
əˈfɛnd

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1. pique, offend(verb)

   cause to feel resentment or indignation

   "Her tactless remark offended me"

   Synonyms:
   injure, hurt, spite, go against, violate, appall, outrage, shock, transgress, scandalise, pique, break, appal, scandalize, bruise, breach, infract, wound

2. transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break(verb)

   act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

   "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"

   Synonyms:
   crack, break away, plunder, soften, reveal, give out, unwrap, conk out, spite, part, collapse, disclose, die, transgress, ruin, founder, weaken, rape, outrage, discover, trespass, snap off, stop, go, demote, wear out, break out, separate, split, give away, damp, smash, interrupt, spoil, appal, wound, overstep, relegate, bring out, violate, hurt, divulge, pause, break-dance, assault, get around, ravish, cave in, let on, buck, pique, desecrate, check, break up, breach, break in, give, split up, dishonour, better, gap, burst, injure, break off, dishonor, bust, erupt, bruise, recrudesce, break dance, go against, dampen, fall in, bump, let out, scandalise, fall apart, kick downstairs, scandalize, profane, fracture, break down, shock, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, develop, give way, sin, expose, break, go bad, discontinue, despoil, intermit, get out, appall, wear

3. shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage(verb)

   strike with disgust or revulsion

   "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"

   Synonyms:
   dishonour, scandalise, ravish, profane, traumatize, dishonor, traumatise, desecrate, spite, transgress, injure, floor, scandalize, appal, wound, blow out of the water, break, horrify, alarm, ball over, dismay, hurt, breach, rape, violate, infract, shock, take aback, outrage, appall, assault, bruise, go against, pique

4. hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite(verb)

   hurt the feelings of

   "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"

   Synonyms:
   injure, hurt, suffer, smart, violate, shock, appall, wound, transgress, scandalise, pique, contuse, appal, scandalize, outrage, bruise, go against, breach, pain, infract, spite, anguish, ache, break

English Synonyms and Antonyms(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. offend

   One may be annoyed by the well-meaning awkwardness of a servant, irritated by a tight shoe or a thoughtless remark, vexed at some careless neglect or needless misfortune, wounded by the ingratitude of child or friend. To tease is to give some slight and perhaps playful annoyance. Aggravate in the sense of offend is colloquial. To provoke, literally to call out or challenge, is to begin a contest; one provokes another to violence. To affront is to offer some defiant offense or indignity, as it were, to one's face; it is somewhat less than to insult. Compare PIQUE.

   Synonyms:
   affront, aggravate, annoy, displease, exasperate, insult, irritate, provoke, tease, vex, wound

   Antonyms:
   conciliate, content, gratify, honor, please

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. offend

   Synonyms:
   displease, affront, outrage, irritate, shock, annoy, pain, wound, nettle, vex, err, fall

   Antonyms:
   conciliate, gratify, please

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. offend(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   affront, displease, vex, chafe, annoy, irritate, provoke, nettle, fret, gall, give offence to, make angry

2. offend(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   shock, wound, pain

3. offend(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   give offence

4. offend(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   transgress, sin, do wrong, commit offence

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. offend(v)

   Synonyms:
   displease, affront, provoke, mortify, exasperate, incense, wound, shock

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1. List of paraphrases for "offend":

   insult, disparage, offended

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How to use offend in a sentence?

1. RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo):

   It is always improper to intentionally offend anyone; and if someone is offended by your actions or words, they are not necessarily right.

2. Erica Sagrans:

   We can't have candidates who are afraid to take risks and say what they believe in and stand up for something, you can't just have these Democrats who are everything to everyone and play things very safe and are picked by party insiders to not offend anyone.

3. Sean Newcomb:

   This is something obviously that can’t be happening, i feel bad about it. I don’t mean to offend anybody. It was six, seven years ago. I didn’t mean anything by it and I definitely regret it, for sure.

4. Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince:

   There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect.

5. Seth Lloyd:

   I believed, at the time, that I was doing a good deed. Mr. Epstein expressed remorse for his actions and assured me that he would not re-offend.

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