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offend
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of OFFEND
1
to commit an offense <since this is the first time you've offended, we'll let you off lightly>
Phrases break the law, fall from grace
2
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in <the visitor unintentionally offended his hosts terribly by failing to compliment them on the elaborately prepared meal>
3
to fail to keep <keeping company without a chaperone present definitely would have offended the social standards of the day>
Related Words disobey, rebel; blow off, brush (off), disregard, flout, ignore, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass over, slight, tune out, wink (at); dismiss, pooh-pooh (also pooh), scorn, shrug off; defy, resist, withstand
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