offend

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French offendre, from Latin offendō (“strike, blunder, commit an offense”), from ob- (“against”) + *fendō (“strike”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈfɛnd/ Hyphenation: of‧fend Rhymes: -ɛnd === Verb === offend (third-person singular simple present offends, present participle offending, simple past and past participle offended) (transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:offend (intransitive) To feel or become offended; to take insult. (transitive) To physically harm, pain. (transitive) To annoy, cause discomfort or resent. (intransitive) To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules. (transitive or with "against") To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement. (obsolete, transitive, archaic, biblical) To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “offend”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “offend”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === end off