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offend
Synonyms and Antonyms of offend
- Since this is the first time you've offended, we'll let you off lightly.
break the law, fall from grace
- The visitor unintentionally offended his hosts terribly by failing to compliment them on the elaborately prepared meal.
- The careless job offended the standards she had set for herself.
defer (to), serve, submit (to), surrender (to), yield (to)
attend, hear, heed, listen (to), mark, note, notice, regard, watch
Synonym Discussion of offend
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- hoped that my remarks had not offended her
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- outraged by their accusations
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- deeply affronted by his callousness
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- insulted every guest at the party
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