offending

Verb

offend (third-person singular simple present offends, present participle offending, simple past and past participle offended)

1. (transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
   • Your accusations offend me deeply.
2. (intransitive) To feel or become offended; to take insult.
   • Don't worry. I don't offend easily.
3. (transitive) To physically harm, pain.
   • Strong light offends the eye.
4. (transitive) To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
   • Physically enjoyable frivolity can still offend the conscience
5. (intransitive) To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
   • I dailie and hourelie offend in thought, word, and deed, in a relapſe by mine owne weakneſſe and wilfulneſſe, my bonus Genius, my good protecting angel is gone, I am falne from that I was, or would bee, worſe and worſe, […]1638, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Cure of Deſpaire by Phyſick, good counſell, comforts, &c.”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy. […], 5th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [Robert...
6. (transitive) To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.
   • Wearing faded baggy offends against the club's rules of proper dress.

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