offend
Significado (English)
- To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
- To feel or become offended; to take insult.
- To physically harm, pain.
- To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
- To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
- To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.
- (obsolete) To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
Conceptos
Synonyms
commit sin
do wrong
hurt someone’s feelings
run counter to
renege on
set against
trespass against
cause to stumble
get on one’s nerves
make angry
make someone angry
make suffer
offend against
renegue on
be dissatisfied
be displeased
cause suffering
commit an offence
commit an offense
commit the offence
drive one’s crazy
hurt one’s feeling
sin against
act wrongly
transgress against
make sulky
hurt one's feelings
be unfaithful
break the law
commit a crime
commit a fault
encroach upon
Frecuencia
Con guion como
of‧fend
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/əˈfɛnd/
Etimología (English)
From Middle French offendre, from Latin offendō (“strike, blunder, commit an offense”), from ob- (“against”) + *fendō (“strike”).
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