offend : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: offend	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for offend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
offend v cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me" Synonym(s): pique, offend 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" Synonym(s): transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break Antonym(s): keep, observe strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" Synonym(s): shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" Synonym(s): hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Offend \Offend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Offended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Offending}.] [OF. offendre, L. offendere, offensum; ob (see {Ob-}) + fendere (in comp.) to thrust, dash. See {Defend}.] 1. To strike against; to attack; to assail. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. 2. To displease; to make angry; to affront. A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city. --Prov. xviii. 19. 3. To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend* the conscience. 4. To transgress; to violate; to sin against. [Obs.] Marry, sir, he hath offended the law. --Shak. 5. (Script.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall. [Obs.] Who hath you misboden or offended. --Chaucer. If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out . . . And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off. --Matt. v. 29, 3O. Great peace have they which love thy law, and nothing shall offend them. --Ps. cxix. 165.