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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "offend"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ…āĻĒāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to cause someone to feel disrespected, upset, etc.
Transitive: to offend sb
to offend definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The controversial decision of the company to cut bonuses deeply offended the employees.
āĻŦā§‹āύāĻžāϏ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻĒāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to feel hurt, insulted, or displeased by someone's words, actions, or behavior
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Laura offended easily, feeling hurt when her friends made plans without inviting her.
āϞāϰāĻž āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡āχ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻĒ⧇āϤ, āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ āϤāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause difficulty, discomfort, or pain
Transitive: to offend someone or their senses
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The loud noise from the construction site offended his ears.
āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāύ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϞāĻ™ā§āϘāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to go against established norms or principles
Transitive: to offend norms or principles
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Smoking indoors offends the rules of this establishment.
āϘāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇ āϧ⧂āĻŽāĻĒāĻžāύ āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āϞāĻ™ā§āϘāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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