offend · verb
Bedeutungen und Beispiele
Jemanden durch Worte oder Handlungen verletzen oder beleidigen.
I did not mean to offend you by questioning the accuracy of the report.
The joke offended several people, so the speaker apologized immediately.
She worried that refusing the invitation might offend her new colleagues.
Avoid language that could offend readers from different cultural backgrounds.
Formen
- offend base form
- offends third-person singular present
- offended past tense; past participle
- offending present participle