Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - offend
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Offend
offend
~ v 1 T usually passive to make someone angry or upset (be offended) (Richard was deeply offended that people thought he'd faked the story. | I hope you won't be offended if I leave early. | offend sb) (I'm sorry; have I done something to offend you?) 2 to seem bad or unpleasant to someone (Cruelty to animals offends many people. | offend the eye/ear (=look very ugly or sound very bad)) 3 to do something that is a crime (Many criminals offend again within a year of their release from prison.) 4 formal to go against people's feelings of what is morally right + agains (behaviour that offends against common decency)
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1.
(offends, offending, offended) 1. If you offend someone, you say or do something rude which upsets or embarrasses them. He apologizes for his comments and says he had no intention of offending the community... The survey found almost 90 percent of people were offended by strong swearwords... Television censors are cutting out scenes which they claim may offend. VERB: V n, V n, V • offended She is terribly offended, angered and hurt by this. ADJ: v-link ADJ 2. To offend against a law, rule, or principle means to break it. (FORMAL) This bill offends against good sense and against justice... In showing contempt for the heavyweight championship Douglas offended a stern code. VERB: V against n, V n 3. If someone offends, they commit a crime. (FORMAL) In Western countries girls are far less likely to offend than boys. VERB: no cont, V ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~re, from Latin ~ere to strike against, ~, from ob- against + -fendere to strike — more at ob-, defend Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to transgress the moral or divine law ; sin if it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most ~ing soul alive — Shakespeare b. to violate a law or rule ; do wrong ~ against the law 2. a. to cause difficulty, discomfort, or injury took off his shoe and removed the ~ing pebble b. to cause dislike, anger, or vexation thoughtless words that ~ needlessly transitive verb 1. a. violate, transgress b. to cause pain to ; hurt 2. obsolete to cause to sin or fall 3. to cause to feel vexation or resentment usually by violation of what is proper or fitting was ~ed by their language • ~er noun Synonyms: ~, outrage, affront, insult mean to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment. ~ need not imply an intentional hurting but it may indicate merely a violation of the victim's sense of what is proper or fitting hoped that my remarks had not ~ed her. outrage implies ~ing beyond endurance and calling forth extreme feelings outraged by their accusations. affront implies treating with deliberate rudeness or contemptuous indifference to courtesy deeply affronted by his callousness. insult suggests deliberately causing humiliation, hurt pride, or shame insulted every guest at the party. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. 1 tr. cause offence to or resentment in; wound the feelings of. 2 tr. displease or anger. 3 intr. (often foll. by against) do wrong; transgress. Derivatives offendedly adv. offender n. offending adj. Etymology: ME f. OF offendre f. L (as OFFENCE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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5.
1. обижать, оскорблять to be offended at smb.'s words —- обижаться на чьи-л. слова I'm sorry if I've offended you —- простите, если я вас обидел even the mildest criticism offends her —- даже самые незначительные замечания воспринимаются ею с обидой 2. оскорблять, вызывать раздражение, отвращение to offend the eye —- оскорблять зрение to offend one's sense of justice —- оскорблять чье-л. чувство справедливости 3. вызывать, причинять боль; действовать на нервы, раздражать he took off his shoes and removed the pebble that offended him —- он снял ботинок и вытащил камешек, который мешал ходить it offends my ears to hear that —- мне больно это слышать 4. нарушать (что-л.); погрешить (против чего-л.) to offend against custom —- нарушить обычай in what way have I offended? —- что я сделал дурного?, в чем я провинился? 5. юр. совершить проступок, преступление to offend against the law —- нарушать закон, идти против закона 6. библ. сбивать с пути истинного, соблазнять whoever shall offend one of these little ones —- и если кто соблазнит одного из малых сих 7. библ. служить камнем преткновения ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) обижать, оскорблять; задевать; вызывать раздражение, отвращение; to offend smb. s sense of justice - оскорбить чье-л. чувство справедливости; to be offended - быть обиженным (by, at - чем-л.; by, with - кем-л.) 2) погрешить (против чего-л); совершить проступок; нарушить (закон и т.п.) (against); to offend against custom - нарушить обычай ...Англо-русский словарь
7.
- late 14c., from L. offendere "strike against, stumble, commit a fault, displease," from ob "against" + fendere "to strike." The literal sense has been lost in Eng., but is preserved in offense, offensive. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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