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To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in.
(verb-transitive)
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To be displeasing or disagreeable to: Onions offend my sense of smell.
(verb-transitive)
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To transgress; violate: offend all laws of humanity.
(verb-transitive)
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To cause to sin.
(verb-transitive)
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To result in displeasure: Bad manners may offend.
(verb-intransitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.