offend
/əˈfɛnd/ verbo B2En español: ofender, hacer daño, dañar, perjudicar
- To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult. · Your accusations offend me deeply.
- To feel or become offended; to take insult. · Don't worry. I don't offend easily.
- To physically harm, pain. · Strong light offends the eye.
- To annoy, cause discomfort or resent. · Physically enjoyable frivolity can still offend the conscience
- To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
- To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement. · Wearing faded baggy offends against the club's rules of proper dress.
He/she/it offends · Pasado offended · Participio pasado offended · Forma en -ing offending
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De la biblioteca
Rachel got up with an air of offended dignity.
Some remarks of his had given him this idea; though he had never told him what the society was, nor how he had come to offend it.
The count went to his secrétaire, opened it, and pulling out a drawer filled with gold, said to Franz, “I hope you will not offend me by applying to anyone but myself.”
“I have said all I have to say,” said Gregson, in an offended voice.
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