Thesaurus:offend

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

• commend
• compliment
• flatter
• laud
• praise    [⇒ thesaurus]
• revere    [⇒ thesaurus]
• talk up

Hyponyms

• miff
•   —
• denigrate
• deride    [⇒ thesaurus]
• moon    [⇒ thesaurus]
• whoop (obsolete)
•   —
• flick off
• flip off
• flip the bird
• give the finger

Hypernyms

• discompose
• provoke
• ruffle
• stir up

See also

• Thesaurus:defame
• Thesaurus:enrage
• Thesaurus:offense
• Thesaurus:despise

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.