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[ verb ] cause to feel resentment or indignation
Synonyms Examples "Her tactless remark offended me" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)He behaved publicly with a cocky , swaggering truculence that offended their vulpine Latin minds , and behaved towards them personally with an unimpressed insolence that enraged them beneath their blandness . |
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[ verb ] act in disregard of laws and rules
Synonyms Examples "offend all laws of humanity" "violate the basic laws or human civilization" "break a law" Related terms disrespect sin trespass sin conflict trespass misdemeanor breach wrongdoer evildoing |
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[ verb ] strike with disgust or revulsion
Synonyms Examples "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" |
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