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.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To strike against; to attack; to assail.
- transitive verb. To displease; to make angry; to affront.
- transitive verb. To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.
- transitive verb. To transgress; to violate; to sin against.
- transitive verb. To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
- verb. cause to feel resentment or indignation
"Her tactless remark offended me"
- verb. hurt the feelings of
"She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"
"This remark really bruised my ego"
- verb. strike with disgust or revulsion
"The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
- verb. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
"offend all laws of humanity"
"violate the basic laws or human civilization"
Synonyms
pique, bruise, hurt, injure, spite, wound, appal, appall, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock, breach, break, infract, transgress, violate
Common word forms
offends, offended, offender, offending, offendable
Words from these letters
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