Meaning

7 senses

  1. (transitive)To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.

    Your accusations offend me deeply.

    beleidigen

    обижа́тьobižátʹ, оби́детьobídetʹ, оскорбля́тьoskorbljátʹ

    обража́тиobražáty, обра́зитиobrázyty, кри́вдитиkrývdyty

    hurt the feelings of

  2. (intransitive)To feel or become offended; to take insult.

    Don't worry. I don't offend easily.

    обижа́тьсяobižátʹsja, оби́детьсяobídetʹsja, оскорбля́тьсяoskorbljátʹsja

  3. (transitive)To physically harm, pain.

    Strong light offends the eye.

    раздража́тьrazdražátʹ

  4. (transitive)To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.

    Physically enjoyable frivolity can still offend the conscience

  5. (intransitive)To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.

  6. (transitive)To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.

    Wearing faded baggy offends against the club's rules of proper dress.

    наруша́тьnarušátʹ, нару́шитьnarúšitʹ

    пору́шуватиporúšuvaty

  7. (archaic, obsolete, transitive)To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.

Examples

531 sentences

  1. His way of speaking offended me.

    Його манера говорити мене образила. — deniko

    ruЕго манера говорить оскорбила меня. — Lenin_1917

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  2. She apologized for having offended him.

    Вона вибачилася за те, що образила його. — deniko

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  3. Tom didn't mean to offend anyone.

    Том не хотів нікого образити. — deniko

    ruТом не хотел никого обидеть. — marafon

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  4. Tom didn't mean to offend Mary.

    Том не хотів образити Мері. — deniko

    ruТом не хотел обидеть Мэри. — marafon

    deTom wollte Maria nicht beleidigen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. I didn't mean to offend Tom.

    Я не хотів образити Тома. — deniko

    ruЯ не хотел обидеть Тома. — marafon

    deIch wollte Tom nicht beleidigen. — raggione

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to hurt the feelings:
to transgress or violate a law or moral requirement:
Русский
By meaning 4
to hurt the feelings:
to feel or become offended:
to physically harm, pain:
to transgress or violate a law or moral requirement:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to hurt the feelings:

Origin

From Middle French offendre, from Latin offendō (“strike, blunder, commit an offense”), fr

From Middle French offendre, from Latin offendō (“strike, blunder, commit an offense”), from ob- (“against”) + *fendō (“strike”).

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Forms

offends, offending, offended, offended
Base formoffend · to offend
3rd person singularoffends
Present participleoffending
Past simpleoffended
Past participleoffended

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoffend
he, she, itoffends

Past simpleLesson

all personsoffended

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave offended
he, she, ithas offended

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill offend

Synonyms

44 synonyms
abuseB2burnB1carryA1insultB2sendA2scandalB2slightB1spiteB2woundB2affrontcut downdisrespectdisdiss
Close in meaning

Antonyms

7 antonyms
commendC1complimentB1flatterC1laudC2praiseB2revereC1talk up

Word family

15 related words
RelateddefendB1offenseB2offensiveB1despiseB2fenddefameenrageoffenceoffender
Derivedoffendableoffendedlyoffendednessoffendeereoffendrepeat offend

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • was offended by
  • offended by what
  • offend anyone
  • offended by that
  • want to offend
  • to offend anyone
  • offended by your
  • mean to offend
  • offend anybody
  • doesn't offend anyone
  • easily offended
  • won't be offended

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
offA2offaloffenderB2offenseB2offensiveB1

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