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
But Kelce wasn't offended, The Good Wife alum recalled.
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Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
Kelce, however, wasn’t offended, the Best Medicine star shared.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
In the film, director Marina Zenovich reminds Chase of the joke that offended Sweeney, best remembered for his lacerating impression of then-first lady Nancy Reagan.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
Buckley and conservatives were able to find areas of agreement with politicians like Nixon and Eisenhower, and could vote for them over liberal opponents, but much of what the non-conservatives did offended conservative principles.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 21 Dec. 2025
The Constitution protects that expression and those rights do not disappear because someone is offended or uncomfortable.
—Austen Erblat, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Honeybee, bored or offended, walked away.
—Jane Bua, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
Lopez, who created Roy's 2014 Met Gala gown, said that Solange was offended after Jay-Z praised the dress.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
No one around the table can be offended or object to the joke.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
Kelce, however, wasn’t offended, the Best Medicine star shared.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
In the film, director Marina Zenovich reminds Chase of the joke that offended Sweeney, best remembered for his lacerating impression of then-first lady Nancy Reagan.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
Buckley and conservatives were able to find areas of agreement with politicians like Nixon and Eisenhower, and could vote for them over liberal opponents, but much of what the non-conservatives did offended conservative principles.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 21 Dec. 2025
The Constitution protects that expression and those rights do not disappear because someone is offended or uncomfortable.
—Austen Erblat, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Honeybee, bored or offended, walked away.
—Jane Bua, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
Lopez, who created Roy's 2014 Met Gala gown, said that Solange was offended after Jay-Z praised the dress.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
No one around the table can be offended or object to the joke.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offended
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Parking on private property that isn't yours means Hoosiers can be asked to leave and possibly trespassed, according to Leslie Kelly, vice president of program strategy for Horizon House, an agency that supports people experiencing homelessness.—
Marina Johnson,
IndyStar,
23 Dec. 2025
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The Gordon Jewish Community Center in Nashville is suing a neo-Nazi organization after one of the hate group's members illegally trespassed at the center to intimidate local Jewish people, a news release from the Southern Poverty Law Center states.—
Evan Mealins,
Nashville Tennessean,
11 Dec. 2025
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Even when insulted or thwarted – by Spanish intrigues on the Florida frontier, by British seizures in the Caribbean, by pamphleteers accusing him of being a monarch in disguise – Washington’s tone remained measured.—
Maurizio Valsania,
The Conversation,
9 Jan. 2026
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But there’s a big difference between knowing that a relative is a pill and loving them through it and being rudely insulted by a relative and just sucking it up.—
Eric Thomas,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Jan. 2026
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The addition of those provisions, the lawsuit argues, violated a requirement in the Missouri Constitution that laws only deal with one subject.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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The lawsuit argues the freeze violated federal law, including the Administrative Procedure Act and constitutional limits on executive power and how Congress appropriates funds.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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For about a month, nobody had any idea who had felled the tree, and nobody could work out why it had been done.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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The greatest damage appeared concentrated in the North Bay, where gusty winds felled numerous trees.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
24 Dec. 2025
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Good, the 37-year-old mother fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, has mobilized people who haven't typically been politically involved but are outraged by the shooting, Indivisible co-founder Leah Greenberg said in an interview.—
Julia Ainsley,
NBC news,
9 Jan. 2026
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Black Lives Matter leaders, who hosted the Sunday night vigil, are outraged by what happened.—
Laurie Perez,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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British explorer Colonel Percy Fawcett, who wandered the Amazon for 22 years at the beginning of the 20th century before vanishing without a trace, wrote that the breath of the anaconda stupefied its prey.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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That morning, in a new suburb of Glendale, three-year-old Kelly Keen wandered, unattended, out of her house and into the driveway.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Offended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offended. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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