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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

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

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

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

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. To displease; to make angry; to affront. [1913 Webster] A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city. --Prov. xviii. 19. [1913 Webster] 3. To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience. [1913 Webster] 4. To transgress; to violate; to sin against. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Marry, sir, he hath offended the law. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. (Script.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Who hath you misboden or offended. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out . . . And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off. --Matt. v. 29, 3O. [1913 Webster] Great peace have they which love thy law, and nothing shall offend them. --Ps. cxix. 165. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Offend \Of*fend"\, v. i. 1. To transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a crime; to stumble; to sin. [1913 Webster] Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. --James ii. 10. [1913 Webster] If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause dislike, anger, or vexation; to displease. [1913 Webster] I shall offend, either to detain or give it. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. 13. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

offend v 1: cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me" [syn: pique, offend] 2: 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] 3: strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: shock, offend, 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 my ego" [syn: hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite]