offended
Americanadjective
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feeling or expressing hurt, indignation, or irritation because of a perceived wrong or insult.
The man replied in an offended voice, "My niece would never do anything like that!"
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being the recipient or victim of criminal or morally repugnant behavior.
After the referral agent and the offender speak, the offended individual is invited to speak about how the assault affected them.
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(of a sense, taste, etc.) affected disagreeably.
With the bright neon blue and red, the dress looked like clown garb, so my offended aesthetic sense told me to take it off.
verb
Other Word Forms
- half-offended adjective
- offendedly adverb
- offendedness noun
- unoffended adjective
Etymology
Origin of offended
Example Sentences
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The use of the term colonised in the interview with Sky News on Wednesday was followed by an apology from the Ineos boss if his "choice of language has offended some people".
From BBC
On top of that, the smell of this realm offended him.
From Literature
However, if the dog was wounded, he was not offended enough to leave.
From Literature
Most of them prefer to say sorry for having offended someone rather than being sorry for the offense itself.
From Literature
His government also offended many Venezuelans last year by shooting off fireworks from the prison at the start of the Christmas holidays.
From Barron's
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