Synonyms for take offense
| Grammar : Verb |
Top 10 synonyms for take offense Other synonyms for the word take offense
Définition of take offense
- As in mind : verb be bothered; care
- As in resent : verb be angry about
- It would have been more than mortal not to take offense at that.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- I'll not take offense at your doing that, quite the contrary.
- Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
- To her surprise Mrs. Barnes seemed to take offense at this attempt at humor.
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He declined to take offense, and he would not remain silent.
- Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
- She was too good-natured to take offense, however, and only grinned at them.
- Extract from : « Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies » by Alice B. Emerson
- M. Gerbois was a man easily irritated and quick to take offense.
- Extract from : « The Blonde Lady » by Maurice Leblanc
- You may take offense or not but I always stick to mother truth.
- Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
- His frankness was irresistible; she could not take offense so she sat down again.
- Extract from : « Mistress Anne » by Temple Bailey
- “No,” said Stirling, with a curtness at which Weston could not take offense.
- Extract from : « The Gold Trail » by Harold Bindloss
- We mustn't be too precipitate, for fear he should take offense.
- Extract from : « Five Hundred Dollars » by Horatio Alger
Antonyms for take offense
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