Wronging and Offending
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Wrong.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
verb
- Cause to feel resentment or indignation.
- usage: "Her tactless remark offended me"
- Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.
- usage: "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"
- synonyms: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
- Strike with disgust or revulsion.
- usage: "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
- synonyms: shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage
- Hurt the feelings of.
- usage: "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
adjective
- Offending against or breaking a law or rule.
- usage: "contracts offending against the statute were canceled"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Offend.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary