'offend' definitions:
Definition of 'offend'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me" [syn: pique, offend]
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" [syn: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break] [ant: keep, observe]
verb
Strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage]
verb
Synonyms of 'offend'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affront,
- aggrieve,
- anger,
- annoy,
- appall,
- blemish,
- blot,
- breach,
- break,
- call names,
- chagrin,
- commit sin,
- contravene,
- deface,
- disfigure,
- disgruntle,
- disgust,
- dishonor,
- disoblige,
- displease,
- distress,
- disturb,
- do amiss,
- do wrong,
- dump on,
- dysphemize,
- embarrass,
- err,
- exasperate,
- excite,
- fleer at,
- flout,
- fret,
- gall,
- gibe at,
- give offense,
- give offense to,
- give umbrage,
- grieve,
- gross out,
- horrify,
- humiliate,
- hurl a brickbat,
- hurt,
- hurt the feelings,
- infract,
- infringe,
- insult,
- irritate,
- jeer at,
- jibe at,
- look a fright,
- look a mess,
- look bad,
- look like hell,
- look something terrible,
- mar,
- miff,
- mock,
- nauseate,
- needle,
- nettle,
- offend the eye,
- outrage,
- pain,
- pique,
- provoke,
- put down,
- put off,
- rankle,
- rattle,
- repel,
- repulse,
- revolt,
- rile,
- ruffle,
- scandalize,
- scoff at,
- shock,
- sicken,
- sin,
- slight,
- snub,
- spoil,
- sting,
- taunt,
- transgress,
- treat with indignity,
- trespass,
- turn the stomach,
- uglify,
- upset,
- vex,
- wound