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offendedness

offendedness noun: the state or quality of being offended.

Noun

offendedness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being offended.
    • “No great theater director ever said to an actor, ‘Okay, this scene calls for some real emotion, now go out there and give me lots of offendedness!’”2015, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Oneworld Publications (2016), page 130

Origin of offendedness

From offended + -ness.

Questions about offendedness

What does offendedness mean?
Offendedness means the state or quality of being offended.
What part of speech is offendedness?
Offendedness is a noun.

Words near offendedness in the dictionary

  1. offendable
  2. offendant
  3. offendants
  4. offended
  5. offendedly
  6. offendedness
  7. offendee
  8. offendees
  9. offender
  10. offenders
  11. offendest

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