Thesaurus:offend
English
Verb
Sense: to hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult
Synonyms
- abuse
- affront
- burn [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)
- carry [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)
- cut down (idiomatic)
- disrespect
- dis (informal)
- diss (informal)
- give stick
- heckle
- hurt someone's feelings
- insult
- lapidate
- qualifier
- misbid
- misrespect
- misuse (obsolete)
- offend
- sledge (chiefly Australia)
- slight
- sneap (dialect)
- wound
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- miff
- —
- denigrate
- deride [⇒ thesaurus]
- moon [⇒ thesaurus]
- whoop (obsolete)
- —
- flick off
- flip off
- flip the bird
- give the finger
Hypernyms
See also
Further reading
- “900. resentment” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “929. disrespect” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “offend” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.