TubeTalkTubeTalk Pronunciation
How to pronounce “offend”
Hear “offend” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for offend
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of offend with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Women Behind Bars
I was convicted as a first time, non-violent drug offender,
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce offend
Women Behind Bars
I was convicted as a first time, non-violent drug offender,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “offend”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
- (intransitive) To feel or become offended; to take insult.
- (transitive) To physically harm, pain.
- (transitive) To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
- (intransitive) To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
- (transitive or with "against") To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.
- (obsolete, transitive, archaic, biblical) To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
Practice Nearby Words
outrage, spite, pique, scandalize, appall, hurt, shock, injure, violate, infract, go against, appal, transgress, break, breach, wound, offensive, insult, aggravate, upset, disturb, disparage, harm, displease, abuse, impair, infringement, infringe, contravene, attack, dis, undermine, affect, hit, wrinkle, prejudice, offence, affront, annoy, vex, irritate, slight, disgust, provoke, anger, peeve, disrespect, mortify, aggrieve, hurt someone's feelings, dislike, distaste, umbrage, disoblige, humiliate, scathe, incommode, make someone's ears sad, break up, discommode, kill, discomfort, regrate, pain, get to, dissatisfy, sour, get bent out of shape, disgruntle, indignify, defile, put out, afflict, embarrass, turn off, disappoint, disgrace, disaffect, wind up, sneap, put a hurt on, confuse, frost, put off, resent, bring down, do ill, discomfit, disedify, outinsult, diss, reoffend, disagree with, disenchant, sadden, frighten the horses, tear at, envy, frighten, dislocate
Similar Sounds
offend, affined, offender, offends, fmd, off hand, au fond, toughened, roughened, afid, afin, defend, attend, offense, ascend, refined, offence, append, affirmed, unfound, upend, refind, unfeigned, agend, affine, attende, effendi, lafond, efed, afon, affied, up-end, ofender, refund, affront, deafened, effin, afront, up and, afit, iffen, ifen, afraid, and, often, event, afford, defined, offended, amend, aligned, fend, assigned, ascent, attained, afoot, avenged, assent, offending, offen, offenders, avant, attuned, attent, aphid, afield, orphaned, aford, atoned, alined, abend, ofen, adjoined, avaunt, evened, defund, afan, ephod, afat, acned, coffined, ifun, eivind, amende, ifan, fmy, affin, ifin, hyphened, aphony, lafont, affines, elend, attentat, fmi, fmw, affineur