offended

Adjective
Synonyms: pained

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. hurt or upset“she looked offended”“face had a pained and puzzled expression”Synonyms: pained
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]
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