offend
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cause to feel resentment or indignation
Her tactless remark offended me
Types & categories
- anger hypernym
Related & opposite
- resent causes
- umbrage derivation
- temper derivation
- dysphemistic derivation
- offensive derivation
Sense 2 verb
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
offend all laws of humanity
Types & categories
- disrespect hypernym
- sin hyponym
- blunder hyponym
- contravene hyponym
- trespass hyponym
- trespass hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
strike with disgust or revulsion
The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends
Types & categories
- sicken hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
hurt the feelings of
She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- offense derivation
- cattiness derivation
- malice derivation
- dysphemistic derivation
- offensive derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | resent |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | umbrage |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | temper |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dysphemistic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | offensive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | anger |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | keep |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | breach |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | transgression |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crime |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | violation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrongdoer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | transgressor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | violator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unsavory |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | offensive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | violable |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | disrespect |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sin |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | blunder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | contravene |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | trespass |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | trespass |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scandalization |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scandal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scandal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shock |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | outrage |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shocker |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | offensive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | unsavory |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | noisome |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sicken |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | offense |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cattiness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | malice |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dysphemistic |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | offensive |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | arouse |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | insult |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lacerate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sting |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | chagrin |