Search Result for "offend": 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, das