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offend English

Meaning offend meaning

What does offend mean?
Definitions in simple English

offend

The attacker. South Korea had to defend against North Korea's offend.

offend

An act when someone makes another person unhappy. To offend someone is to make them feel disgust. Don't offend him. It's not nice. He may fight back.

offend

cause to feel resentment or indignation Her tactless remark offended me (= shock) strike with disgust or revulsion The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends (= violate, break) 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 (= hurt, bruise) hurt the feelings of She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests This remark really bruised my ego

Synonyms offend synonyms

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Conjugation offend conjugation

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offend · verb

Examples offend examples

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Simple sentences

I don't want to offend you.
I offend her.
Tom didn't mean to offend Mary.
He has till now been the apple of your eye; but if thine eye offend you, says Scripture, pluck it out. It is better to enter heaven with one eye than hell with two!
Did I do something to offend you?
Everyone can offend a boxer, but not everyone has time to apologize.
I didn't mean to offend you.
I don't want to offend Tom.
I didn't mean to offend Tom.
Have I done something to offend you?
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you.
I no longer want to offend anyone.
I never had any reason to offend Tom.
She didn't mean to offend anyone with her remark.
Tom didn't mean to offend anyone.
Our talk about the sexuality of flies could offend some people.
Anyone can offend an artist's sensibilities, but no one seems to wish to support artists financially.
Does it offend you?

Movie subtitles

By my head, o queen - whoever dares to offend you, shall die a hundred deaths!
I will not let them offend you.
How could one country offend another?
That clock must go! We can't let if offend our guest!
Offend one. and you offend them all.
I trust, my dear Carlos, you are not doing anything which might offend the authorities.
That doesn't offend me. -Levin thinks we are parasitic idlers simply because we don't plow the fields.
Would you mind telling me, Miss Bennet, why you are so determined to offend me?
I also might deserve to know why determined evidently to offend and insult me! You chose to tell me that you liked me against your will. Against your reason, against even your character.
She didn't mean to offend you.
If she's the governor's daughter, she couldn't offend me.
Oath or no oath, you'll have to learn. not to offend your betters, Ingram.
Maybe she didn't want to offend their fathers and mothers.
I didn't want to offend you.
I've. missed you. I don't want to offend you.
I hope I didn't offend you.
We must not offend Dr. Tobel.
It might offend Hitler.
What did I say to offend you?
There's nothing in my exhibit to offend anyone.
I thought I'd said something to offend you.
How can he go about with someone whose clothes offend him?
Believe me, I do not wish to offend.
We couldn't very well offend Mr. Brant.
Have I done anything to offend you?
Who is this man who dares offend The Princess Mirabelle?
I don't want to offend you but it's none of your business.
Making pitiful fools of both because you don't want to offend one.
Offend a good citizen and involve the department in a slander suit?
Perhaps, but I'm staying with you for now, otherwise I'll just offend you.
This one's a coat for your mother, otherwise I'll offend her.
If you intended to offend me, it's done.
I wouldn't want to do anything to offend, like standing here talking while you want tea.
Instead of coming here to offend us, why not give the boy a job..
I'm sorry if we offend you.
The teacher told me that a real man should not allow ourselves to offend.
This man should not allow themselves to offend?

News and current affairs

Beatrix stated that the right to free speech does not automatically mean the right to offend.
If you wish to stay in the same room as other people you try not to offend them through unnecessary provocations.
If PETA is not allowed to state its case against our abuse of animals in the way that they judge best, because doing so might offend some people, then criticism of religion could also be prohibited on the same grounds.
It would also offend against Europe's political commitment to a tolerant, multicultural society.
For the time being, the Chinese may be too preoccupied with their own backyard to pay attention to such insults, but it is foolish to offend them deliberately.
But this is not quite true. In fact, Palme systematically refrained from criticizing many oppressive regimes and, indeed, embraced some of the cruelest dictators, or at least tried not to offend them.
All friends of the Egyptian people must support the principles and processes of liberal democracy, regardless of the politicians and parties that we offend.
What a poor world it would be if anything that might offend any group could no longer be said!
But you offend many people and get into trouble by answering too quickly.
The only appropriate response is the one chosen by the US Embassy in Cairo, which denounced the film and said that the American government condemns those who offend others' religious beliefs.
The risk stems not from the conduct of the South Koreans or the Taiwanese, but from the democratic choices that they make, which may offend two of Asia's last dictatorships.
The regime's hostility toward gays and lesbians may offend the West, but it strikes a sympathetic chord with most Russians.
It is understandable that Europeans and Americans do not want to offend a regional power.
Does the celebration of Diwali, Eid, or Passover offend Christians?

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