offend

offend
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. break the law, err, wrong, sin, trespass; give offense, displease, upset, vex, provoke, hurt, aggravate, rub the wrong way; disgust; affront, spite, insult, hurt one's feelings. See illegality, pain, resentment, improbity.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
Syn. affront, insult, outrage, annoy, hurt, hurt one's feelings, wound, cut, nettle, pique, anger, irritate, provoke, displease, aggrieve, chagrin, give offense, repel, disgust, sicken, revolt, shock, transgress, trespass, step on one's toes, tread on one's toes*; see also anger 1 , disgust .
Syn.- offend implies the causing of displeasure or resentment in another, intentionally or unintentionally, by wounding the person's feelings or by a breach of the person's sense of propriety [ she will be offended if she is not invited ] ; affront implies open and deliberate disrespect or offense [ to affront someone's pride ] ; insult implies an affront so insolent or contemptuously rude as to cause humiliation and resentment [ a book that insults the reader's intelligence ] ; outrage implies an extreme offense against someone's sense of right, justice, propriety, etc. [ he was outraged by the offer of a bribe ]
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
1. insult affront, annoy, slight, spite, disgust, outrage, mortify, vex, *ruffle one's feathers, *pull one's chain, *rattle one's cage, *rub one the wrong way.
2. do a misdeed break the law, violate, transgress, sin.
ANT.: 1. please, honor, compliment, praise
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To cause resentment or hurt by callous, rude behavior: affront, huff, insult, miff, outrage, pique. Idioms: add insult to injury, give offense to. See ATTACK, PAIN. 2. To be very disagreeable to: displease. Slang: turn off. Idioms: give offense to, not set right (or well) with. See LIKE, PAIN. 3. To violate a moral or divine law: err, sin, transgress, trespass. See RIGHT.

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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