The meaning of Offended

noun

An action or remark that causes outrage or offence.

Usage examples:

He took his son's desertion as a personal affront

verb

Offend the modesty or values of.

Usage examples:

She was affronted by his familiarity

verb

Offend the modesty or values of.

Usage examples:

She was affronted by his familiarity

noun

An action or remark that causes outrage or offence.

Usage examples:

He took his son's desertion as a personal affront

verb

Past simple and past participle of affront

Usage examples:

I was most affronted by his comments., an affronted look/glance

adjective

Feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated.

Usage examples:

They were aggrieved at the outcome

adjective

Unhappy, hurt, and angry because of unfair treatment

Usage examples:

Our hearts go out to the aggrieved families of the innocent victims.

noun

A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.

Usage examples:

The colonel's anger at his daughter's disobedience

verb

Fill (someone) with anger; provoke anger in.

Usage examples:

She was angered by his terse answer

noun

The feeling people get when something unfair, painful, or bad happens

Usage examples:

You need to control your anger., he yelled at them in anger., his constant complaining only angered…

verb

Fill (someone) with anger; provoke anger in.

Usage examples:

She was angered by his terse answer

noun

A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.

Usage examples:

She could barely restrain her anger at this comment

verb

Past simple and past participle of anger

Usage examples:

The remark angered him., it always angers me to see so much waste.

adjective

Feeling or showing strong annoyance, displeasure, or hostility; full of anger.

Usage examples:

An angry customer

adjective

Having the feeling people get when something unfair, painful, or bad happens

Usage examples:

An angry mob, i hope you aren’t angry with me., he angrily slammed the door.

verb

Make (someone) a little angry; irritate.

Usage examples:

The decision really annoyed him

verb

To make someone slightly angry or upset

Usage examples:

I know you’re doing this only to annoy me., [ u ] as soon as he saw me, a look of annoyance crossed…

adjective

Slightly angry; irritated.

Usage examples:

Kelly was annoyed with him

verb

Make (someone) a little angry; irritate.

Usage examples:

The decision really annoyed him

adjective

Angry

Usage examples:

I was so annoyed with him for turning up late., he was annoyed at the way she tried to take over th…

noun

A mark, object, or figure formed by two short intersecting lines or pieces (+ or ×).

Usage examples:

Place a cross against the preferred choice

verb

Go or extend across or to the other side of (an area, stretch of water, etc.).

Usage examples:

She has crossed the atlantic twice

adjective

Annoyed.

Usage examples:

He seemed to be very cross about something

verb

Make (someone) angry or dissatisfied.

Usage examples:

Nothing disgruntles anyone more than the feeling they are being cheated

adjective

Angry or dissatisfied.

Usage examples:

Judges receive letters from disgruntled members of the public

verb

Make (someone) angry or dissatisfied.

Usage examples:

Nothing disgruntles anyone more than the feeling they are being cheated

adjective

Unhappy, annoyed, and disappointed about something

Usage examples:

A disgruntled employee

verb

Make (someone) feel annoyed or dissatisfied.

Usage examples:

The tone of the letter displeased him

verb

To cause someone to be annoyed

Usage examples:

The city council said it was displeased with the way the mayor had allocated parking spaces., they …

adjective

Feeling or showing annoyance and displeasure.

Usage examples:

He was displeased with your work

verb

Make (someone) feel annoyed or dissatisfied.

Usage examples:

The tone of the letter displeased him

adjective

Annoyed or unhappy

Usage examples:

I am very unhappy and displeased with what i have read., he says you weren't entirely displeased at…

noun

Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

To his distress he saw that she was trembling

verb

Another term for distraint.

noun

Great mental or physical suffering, such as extreme anxiety, sadness, or pain, or the state of being in danger or urgent need

Usage examples:

Emotional/financial distress, four men were rescued from a fishing boat in distress off the coast.,…

adjective

Suffering from extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

I was distressed at the news of his death

verb

Cause (someone) anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

I didn't mean to distress you

adjective

Distressed debts, etc. are sold to investors at very low prices because there is a high risk that the company owing them will be unable to pay them back. investors buy them because they hope to get back more from the company owing the money than they have paid for the debts

Usage examples:

The texas-based firm buys distressed assets from financial institutions and liquidates them at a pr…

verb

Be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake.

Usage examples:

The judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible

verb

To make a mistake

Usage examples:

It’s preferable to err on the side of caution (= to be too careful) rather than risk disaster.

verb

Irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely.

Usage examples:

This futile process exasperates prison officers

verb

To cause anger or extreme annoyance in someone

Usage examples:

His assistant’s carelessness is exasperating him.

adjective

Intensely irritated and frustrated.

Usage examples:

An exasperated expression

verb

Irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely.

Usage examples:

This futile process exasperates prison officers

adjective

Annoyed, especially because you can do nothing to solve a problem

Usage examples:

He's becoming increasingly exasperated with the situation.

abbreviation

Gas.

symbol

The acceleration due to gravity, equal to 9.81 m/s2.

noun

The seventh letter of the alphabet.

verb

Cause pain or injury to.

Usage examples:

Ow! you're hurting me!

adjective

Physically injured.

Usage examples:

He complained of a hurt leg and asked his trainer to stop the fight

noun

Physical injury; harm.

Usage examples:

Rolling properly into a fall minimizes hurt

adjective

Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.

Usage examples:

He was indignant at being the object of suspicion

adjective

Angry because of something that is wrong or not fair

Usage examples:

She wrote an indignant letter to the paper complaining about the mayor’s actions., "your assumption…

verb

Do physical harm or damage to (someone).

Usage examples:

The explosion injured several people

verb

Cause bodily harm to

adjective

Harmed, damaged, or impaired.

Usage examples:

A road accident left him severely injured

verb

Do physical harm or damage to (someone).

Usage examples:

The explosion injured several people

verb

Speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse.

Usage examples:

You're insulting the woman i love

noun

A disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or act.

Usage examples:

He hurled insults at us

noun

An event which causes damage to a tissue or organ.

Usage examples:

The movement of the bone causes a severe tissue insult

verb

Irritate; annoy.

Usage examples:

It irks her to think of the runaround she received

verb

Past simple and past participle of irk

Usage examples:

The negative reply to my complaint really irked me.

verb

Make (someone) annoyed or a little angry.

Usage examples:

His tone irritated her

verb

To annoy or make angry

Usage examples:

After a while the noise began to irritate him., at first my contact lenses irritated my eyes.

adjective

Showing or feeling slight anger; annoyed.

Usage examples:

The irritated look on alec's face

verb

Make (someone) annoyed or a little angry.

Usage examples:

His tone irritated her

adjective

Annoyed

Usage examples:

I began to get increasingly irritated by/at her questions.

noun

Highly unpleasant physical sensation caused by illness or injury.

Usage examples:

She's in great pain

verb

Cause mental or physical pain to.

Usage examples:

It pains me to say this

adjective

Affected with pain, especially mental pain; hurt or troubled.

Usage examples:

A pained expression came over his face

verb

Cause mental or physical pain to.

Usage examples:

It pains me to say this

verb

Arouse (interest or curiosity).

Usage examples:

With his scientific curiosity piqued, he was looking forward to being able to analyse his find

verb

Score a pique against (one's opponent).

noun

A feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight, especially to one's pride.

Usage examples:

He left in a fit of pique

noun

An immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.

Usage examples:

A sin in the eyes of god

verb

Commit a sin.

Usage examples:

I sinned and brought shame down on us

abbreviation

Sine.

verb

Wound or pierce with a sting.

Usage examples:

He was stung by a jellyfish

noun

A small sharp-pointed organ at the end of the abdomen of bees, wasps, ants, and scorpions, capable of inflicting a painful or dangerous wound by injecting poison.

Usage examples:

The poor fellow has neither the tusks of the elephant, nor the claws of the lion, nor even the horn…

noun

A carefully planned operation, typically one involving deception.

Usage examples:

Five blackmailers were jailed last week after they were snared in a police sting

verb

Go beyond the limits of (what is morally, socially, or legally acceptable).

Usage examples:

She had transgressed an unwritten social law

verb

To break a law or moral rule

Usage examples:

Those are the rules, and anyone who transgresses will be severely punished.

verb

Enter someone's land or property without permission.

Usage examples:

There is no excuse for trespassing on railway property

noun

Entry to a person's land or property without permission.

Usage examples:

The defendants were guilty of trespass

verb

To enter someone’s property without permission

Usage examples:

I didn’t realize i was trespassing on their land., they have several dogs to keep trespassers out.

verb

Make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

The accusation upset her

noun

An unexpected result or situation.

Usage examples:

The greatest upset in boxing history

adjective

Unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

She looked pale and upset

abbreviation

Verb.

noun

The twenty-second letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

The letter v has been assigned the number 4 in numerology.

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 23, a hard grey metal of the transition series, used to make alloy steels.

adjective

(of a problem or issue) difficult and much debated; problematic.

Usage examples:

The vexed question of how much money the government is going to spend

verb

Make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters.

Usage examples:

The memory of the conversation still vexed him

adjective

Troubling and difficult

Usage examples:

A vexed question

noun

An injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact, typically one in which the skin is cut or broken.

Usage examples:

A knife wound

verb

Inflict a wound on.

Usage examples:

The sergeant was seriously wounded

verb

Past and past participle of wind2.

adjective

Inflicted with a wound; injured.

Usage examples:

A wounded soldier

verb

Inflict a wound on.

Usage examples:

The sergeant was seriously wounded

adjective

Offended or upset by what someone has said or done

Usage examples:

A wounded expression, wounded pride, a wounded soldier, ambulances took the wounded to nearby hospi…