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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
offended
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He's always offended by jokes aimed at Irish people.
▪ He felt offended that she didn't want to go out with him.
▪ She'll be offended if you don't say thank you for her help.
▪ Some people may find rude jokes funny, but others may be deeply offended.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ An offended look crossed their eyes.
▪ Call it ensuring that people's feelings were not offended.
▪ The offended divinity gave not a thought to whether the youth had purposely insulted her or had come there in all innocence.
▪ The question mark at the end requires a response, helping the offended party to fulfil their scriptural obligation to forgive.
▪ This offended blacks and caused the removal of the 1993 Super Bowl to another state.
▪ Those who go quiet and coy even when offended need to work on this.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Offended

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.

Wiktionary
offended

vb. (en-past of: offend)

WordNet
offended

adj. hurt or upset; "she looked offended"; "face had a pained and puzzled expression" [syn: pained]

Usage examples of "offended".

Shocked and offended, she marched out, vowing that it would be a warm and sunny day midspace before she'd go back.

He wasn't surprised, or offended, when he felt her shoulders begin to shake with amusement.

One of the sailors decided Jonah had offended Yahweh, their God, so he was being visited with bad luck that was endangering the whole ship.

Lunzie was offended at his open scrutiny, hoping that he wasn't going to make a pest of himself while Aelock was away.

Would she be offended if I agreed with her before she bothered to come out here?

And she was relieved that he'd left the central cabin to Blaize, stalking back to his own cabin in a pose of offended dignity far more impressive than Darnell's pout.

He knew he should be mortally offended, furious almost beyond his own iron control.

Snap Fingers said, seeing that he had offended the blustering councillor.

She should have been offended, but instead, she threw back her hair and raised her chin in defiance.

Then he saw he'd offended Frank and wished he were a telepath, not a precog.

He'd know that Talent had been responsible and, with his prickly dignity offended, he'd redouble his efforts to get the Talented taxed.

Peter's expression was so surprised that Rhyssa had to believe him as he lifted his hand toward his chest in an attitude of offended innocence.

Nitin asked, as if slightly offended by being addressed as an equal by a woman.

The horse gave an offended snort as if criticizing his rider’s directions.

K'vin was so irate he didn't really care if he offended Meranath, or her rider.