offend
of.fend \*-'fend\ vb [ME offenden, fr. MF offendre, fr. L offendere to
strike agai]nst, offend, fr. ob- against + -fendere to strike - more at
OB-, DEFEND 1: to transgress the moral or divine law : SIN 2a: to cause
difficulty or discomfort or injury 2b: to cause dislike, anger, or
vexation 1a: VIOLATE, TRANSGRESS 1b: to cause pain to : HURT obs 2: to
cause to sin or fall 3: to cause to feel vexed or resentful se hurt
feelings or deep resentment, OFFEND may not imply intent; it may suggest a
violation of the victim's sense of what is proper or fitting; OUTRAGE
implies offending beyond endurance and calling forth extreme feelings;
AFFRONT implies treating with deliberate rudeness or contemptuous
indifference to courtesy; INSULT suggests deliberately and insolently
causing humiliation, hurt pride, or shame - of.fend.er n SYN syn OFFEND,
OUTRAGE, AFFRONT, INSULT mean to cau