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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
offend
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
offend...susceptibilities
▪ I knew I would have to be careful not to offend their susceptibilities.
offend/wound sb’s sensibilities
▪ Avoid using words that might offend someone’s racial or moral sensibilities.
the offending item (=something that is causing a problem – often used humorously)
▪ Replacement of the offending item should solve the problem.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
again
▪ If they offend again, lock them up and throw away the key.
▪ He is almost certain to offend again if not caught, because paedophilia is a sickness.
deeply
▪ Some people may find rude jokes funny but others may be deeply offended.
▪ Criticized to his very marrow, I knew that Pierluigi would be deeply offended.
▪ Yet, if I did so, he was deeply offended.
■ NOUN
people
▪ I have discovered that it offends people if you challenge this sort of remark.
▪ Nor does he worry about offending people with his provocative images.
▪ But I didn't offend people.
▪ At least, it offends some people.
▪ This is why it may offend some people.
sensibility
▪ Like all artistes, he is a sensitive man and you never offend his sensibilities.
▪ Politicians have perceived little gain in granting petitions for something that offends the sensibilities of a significant number of the heterosexual majority.
▪ They couldn't all just reject facts because they offended their sensibilities.
▪ Even the mayonnaise has no egg in it, so as not to offend vegan sensibilities.
susceptibilities
▪ Working-class leisure offended the susceptibilities of their betters.
▪ Mosques, bathhouses, roofs - you could offend some one's susceptibilities by searching any of them.
■ VERB
feel
▪ Now Prince Richard was no longer an imaginary distant idol and Victoria felt offended by Suzie's sudden fawning fascination.
▪ We feel offended, very hurt.
mean
▪ That probably means it will offend the few and rip off the many.
want
▪ Because he didn't want to offend his mum and dad, devout Catholics.
▪ Shivering, I closed the blinds more tightly -- wanted no offending sun yet, despite its potential for heat.
▪ The servants did not want to offend their young master, and Mrs Reed could see no fault in her dear boy.
▪ So decide which group of arrogant ignoramuses you want to offend with it.
▪ However, I do not want to offend my local church organist by asking her to step down.
▪ Not wanting to offend her friend.
▪ I don't want to offend my fisher friends, but is it still worthwhile?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the offending ...
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He didn't speak during the meeting for fear of saying something that might offend.
▪ He is a sensitive man, and it not difficult to offend his sensibilities.
▪ Jenny felt confused by Matt's behavior - had she done something to offend him?
▪ She stopped mid-sentence, anxious not to offend him.
▪ Some people are offended by swearing on television.
▪ The parole board felt that Harris was unlikely to offend again.
▪ The programme contains scenes that my offend older viewers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Because these would offend canons of justice which find acceptance among a large proportion of the population.
▪ Garbage blowing on the sidewalk would offend them as much as would a dully designed highrise.
▪ He stood immobile, and I wondered if I had said something to offend him.
▪ I wondered if I had offended him in some way.
▪ If Montrose openly endorsed Kirkton, and carried his re-election, he might gravely offend some of his own friends.
▪ The risk was that I would offend the equity department, which would then try to have me fired.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Offend

Offend \Of*fend"\, v. i.

  1. To transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a crime; to stumble; to sin.

    Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
    --James ii. 10.

    If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive.
    --Shak.

  2. To cause dislike, anger, or vexation; to displease.

    I shall offend, either to detain or give it.
    --Shak.

    To offend against, to do an injury or wrong to; to commit an offense against. ``We have offended against the Lord already.''
    --2 Chron. xxviii. 1

Offend

Offend \Of*fend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Offended; p. pr. & vb. n. Offending.] [OF. offendre, L. offendere, offensum; ob (see Ob-) + fendere (in comp.) to thrust, dash. See Defend.]

  1. To strike against; to attack; to assail. [Obs.]
    --Sir P. Sidney.

  2. To displease; to make angry; to affront.

    A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city.
    --Prov. xviii. 19.

  3. To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.

  4. To transgress; to violate; to sin against. [Obs.]

    Marry, sir, he hath offended the law.
    --Shak.

  5. (Script.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall. [Obs.]

    Who hath you misboden or offended.
    --Chaucer.

    If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out . . . And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off.
    --Matt. v. 29, 3O.

    Great peace have they which love thy law, and nothing shall offend them.
    --Ps. cxix. 165.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
offend

early 14c., "to sin against (someone)," from Old French ofendre "transgress, antagonize," and directly from Latin offendere "to hit, strike against," figuratively "to stumble, commit a fault, displease, trespass against, provoke," from ob "against" (see ob-) + -fendere "to strike" (found only in compounds; see defend).\n

\nMeaning "to violate (a law), to make a moral false step, to commit a crime" is from late 14c. Meaning "to wound the feelings" is from late 14c. The literal sense of "to attack, assail" is attested from late 14c.; this has been lost in Modern English, but is preserved in offense and offensive. Related: Offended; offending.

Wiktionary
offend

vb. (context transitive English) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.

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WordNet
offend

  1. v. cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me" [syn: pique]

  2. act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law" [syn: transgress, infract, violate, go against, breach, break]

  3. strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: shock, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage]

  4. hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego" [syn: hurt, wound, injure, bruise, spite]

Usage examples of "offend".

Halder addressed at once to Camilla, such unceremonious praise of her beauty, that, affrighted and offended, she hastily seized the arm of Mrs.

I have also with soberness considered since, did so offend the Lord, that even in my childhood he did scare and affrighten me with fearful dreams, and did terrify me with fearful visions.

Nuevo Aliyah, Nuevo Aliyah banners would offend the Islamic -Renaissance, Naturist banners would offend the Neo-Victorians.

It was known that President Johnson was deeply offended by the indirect refusal of the House to pass any resolution in the remotest degree approving his course.

I may also enjoy the precious privilege of assuring you of my fond, faithful, and unalterable affection, whenever you visit your favorite bower, unless, indeed, it offends your pride to listen to professions of love from the lips of a poor workingman, clad in a blouse and cap.

Arlbery she was but slightly offended, though certain she had been assuring him of all the success he could demand: her way of thinking upon the subject had been openly avowed, and she did justice to the kindness of her motives.

And a wooden cottage with a thatched roof and barkless tree trunks for a doorframe would certainly have offended his sensibilities.

Austin that the baronet was waiting for his son, in a posture of statuesque offended paternity, before he would receive his daughter-inlaw and grandson.

I to speak, Imogen, who has always beheld me with an aspect of benignity, might be offended.

Miss Margland was preparing him a reproachful reception, but was so much offended by the fishy smell which he brought into the room, that she had immediate recourse to her salts, and besought him to stand out of her way.

The bull attacked the offending machine yet again and Brewster was almost thrown out of his seat.

London brothel, Mary would refuse him and often in the process offend some high-ranking toff.

But before the Bursar could think of anything to recommend the Public School system without offending his hostess.

But the offended idol remained an idol, and my expiatory sacrifices began.

With a series of broad strokes he expurgated those parts of the text that offended him.