Dictionary Entry
offend
offend is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To strike against; to attack; to assail. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To strike against; to attack; to assail.
- 2transitive verb
To displease; to make angry; to affront.
- 3transitive verb
To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.
- 4transitive verb
To transgress; to violate; to sin against.
- 5transitive verb
To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
- 6verb
cause to feel resentment or indignation
"Her tactless remark offended me"
Synonyms
- 7verb
hurt the feelings of
"She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"
"This remark really bruised my ego"
- 8verb
strike with disgust or revulsion
"The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
- 9verb
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
"offend all laws of humanity"
"violate the basic laws or human civilization"
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