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Antonyms for offends

Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-fend
Phonetic Transcription : əˈfɛnd

Definition of offends

Origin :
  • early 14c., "to sin against (someone)," from Old French ofendre "transgress, antagonize," and directly from Latin offendere "to hit, strike against," figuratively "to stumble, commit a fault, displease, trespass against, provoke," from ob "against" (see ob-) + -fendere "to strike" (found only in compounds; see defend).
  • Meaning "to violate (a law), to make a moral false step, to commit a crime" is from late 14c. Meaning "to wound the feelings" is from late 14c. The literal sense of "to attack, assail" is attested from late 14c.; this has been lost in Modern English, but is preserved in offense and offensive. Related: Offended; offending.
  • verb displease, insult
Example sentences :
  • He doesn't care whom he offends, so long as it isn't his wife.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Never mind, never mind, dear master, nothing that you say offends me.'
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • If what we are about to do offends Thee, then let me suffer for her.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • That offends you, naturally; but I should say there was never a man more horribly in love!
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • It offends alike my physical system and my sense of proportion.
  • Extract from : « Ship-Bored » by Julian Street
  • But this offends all the good fairies, and then where are you?
  • Extract from : « The Magic World » by Edith Nesbit
  • The water is not only muddy and unclean, but it offends the nose.
  • Extract from : « The Critic in the Orient » by George Hamlin Fitch
  • It offends only in spirit against Cain's word, "Am I my brother's keeper?"
  • Extract from : « Face to Face with Kaiserism » by James W. Gerard
  • She offended you, but you must remember that she offends everybody.
  • Extract from : « April's Lady » by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
  • For it cannot be that anything should please that offends nature, or anything displease that complies with natural inclinations.
  • Extract from : « An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams » by Pierre Nicole

Synonyms for offends

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