1
as in trespassed
to commit an offense
since this is the first time you've offended, we'll let you off lightly
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2
as in insulted
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
the visitor unintentionally offended his hosts terribly by failing to compliment them on the elaborately prepared meal
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3
as in violated
to fail to keep
offended conventional standards of uniformity by not adhering to the company dress code
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Recent Examples of offended
You can’t even get properly offended by Jordan because the cope is so transparent.
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Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
Everyone can stop being offended now.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Has any celebrity offended the ballet and opera communities quite like Timothée Chalamet?
—Fleurine Tideman, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2026
If, like me, you’re not offended by raisins in your carrot cake, Costco’s carrot bar cake is available now in the bakery’s refrigerator section.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
Will they be offended and shun us?
—Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
Of course we were offended… but our frequency, our spiritual vibration is tuned to a higher level than what happened.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2026
Gilmore Girls star Milo Ventimiglia wouldn’t be offended if his daughter watched the show and thought that Rory (Alexis Bledel) may have been better off with someone else.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
Of course we were offended…but our frequency, our spiritual vibration is tuned to a higher level than what happened.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
Everyone can stop being offended now.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Has any celebrity offended the ballet and opera communities quite like Timothée Chalamet?
—Fleurine Tideman, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2026
If, like me, you’re not offended by raisins in your carrot cake, Costco’s carrot bar cake is available now in the bakery’s refrigerator section.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
Will they be offended and shun us?
—Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
Of course we were offended… but our frequency, our spiritual vibration is tuned to a higher level than what happened.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2026
Gilmore Girls star Milo Ventimiglia wouldn’t be offended if his daughter watched the show and thought that Rory (Alexis Bledel) may have been better off with someone else.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
Of course we were offended…but our frequency, our spiritual vibration is tuned to a higher level than what happened.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offended
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The people who trespassed at the Capitol, and committed disorderly behavior, enabled the mob violence.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Kelly insisted to the Washington Examiner that they were invited into the church, countering claims that the protesters trespassed.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Jan. 2026
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Multiple teens on e-bikes insulted a student with anti-Black racial slurs and spitting, and one of the suspects injured the back leg of the victim with the tire of an e-bike, campus police said.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
11 Mar. 2026
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But Washington really hasn’t insulted him, instead continuing to deploy him against top competition this year.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In January, a judge ruled that the city violated the state’s open meeting law when council members made a plan behind closed doors to sweep 9,800 homeless encampments.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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In February, for instance, the Department of Justice joined a lawsuit brought by the 1776 Project Foundation, alleging that the Los Angeles Unified School District had violated the law by conditioning funding on the basis of student race.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In Greek tragedies, the hero is felled by a fatal flaw.—
Maer Roshan,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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Apartment buildings were felled by air strikes, and smoke billowed from the blasts; the buzz of Israeli drones filled the air.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2026
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This practice outraged the American colonists, who believed that general warrants enabled tyranny by empowering officers to enter homes and businesses at will.—
Amanda Cats-Baril,
Twin Cities,
4 Mar. 2026
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Already outraged by the decades-long wait for the park, the local community is up in arms over the prospect of 100 stories of concrete and glass looming over Bushwick Inlet.—
Katherine Thompson,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2026
Verb
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While there, the dog wandered off, and Chris brought her back.—
Staff Author,
InStyle,
7 Mar. 2026
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Adventurous attendees wandered to the lower level, through a medieval-esque wooden door and right into the archives—where the originals were displayed between vintage magazines and press releases documenting their history.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Offended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offended. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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