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of·fend
(ə-fĕnd′)v. of·fend·ed, of·fend·ing, of·fends
v.tr.
1. To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in: We were offended by his tasteless jokes.
2. To be displeasing or disagreeable to: Onions offend my sense of smell.
v.intr.
1. To result in displeasure: Bad manners may offend.
2.
a. To violate a moral or divine law; sin.
b. To violate a rule or law: offended against the curfew.
[Middle English offenden, from Old French offendre, from Latin offendere; see gwhen- in Indo-European roots.]
of·fend′er n.
Synonyms: offend, insult, affront, outrage
These verbs mean to cause resentment, humiliation, or hurt. To offend is to cause displeasure, wounded feelings, or repugnance in another: "He often offended men who might have been useful friends" (John Lothrop Motley).
Insult implies gross insensitivity, insolence, or contemptuous rudeness: "My father had insulted her by refusing to come to our wedding" (James Carroll).
To affront is to insult openly, usually intentionally: "He continued to belabor the poor woman in a studied effort to affront his hated chieftain" (Edgar Rice Burroughs).
Outrage implies the flagrant violation of a person's integrity, pride, or sense of right and decency: "He revered the men and women who transformed this piece of grassland into a great city, and he was outraged by the attacks on their reputation" (James S. Hirsch).
These verbs mean to cause resentment, humiliation, or hurt. To offend is to cause displeasure, wounded feelings, or repugnance in another: "He often offended men who might have been useful friends" (John Lothrop Motley).
Insult implies gross insensitivity, insolence, or contemptuous rudeness: "My father had insulted her by refusing to come to our wedding" (James Carroll).
To affront is to insult openly, usually intentionally: "He continued to belabor the poor woman in a studied effort to affront his hated chieftain" (Edgar Rice Burroughs).
Outrage implies the flagrant violation of a person's integrity, pride, or sense of right and decency: "He revered the men and women who transformed this piece of grassland into a great city, and he was outraged by the attacks on their reputation" (James S. Hirsch).
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| Noun | 1. |  offender - a person who transgresses moral or civil lawabuser, maltreater - someone who abuses bad person - a person who does harm to others convict - a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true delinquent, juvenile delinquent - a young offender ganef, ganof, gonif, goniff - (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse) transgressor - someone who transgresses; someone who violates a law or command; "the way of transgressors is hard" malfeasant - one guilty of malfeasance molester - someone who subjects others to unwanted or improper sexual activities culprit, perpetrator - someone who perpetrates wrongdoing principal - (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement backslider, reversionist, recidivist - someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior shark - a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest pettifogger, shyster - a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods supplanter, usurper - one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another war criminal - an offender who violates international law during times of war |
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offender
noun criminal, convict, con (slang), crook, lag (slang), villain, culprit, sinner, delinquent, felon, jailbird, wrongdoer, miscreant, malefactor, evildoer, transgressor, lawbreaker Sex offenders often attack again when they are released.
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offender
nounOne who commits a crime:
Law: felon.
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Translations
مُرْتَكِب جَريمَه، مُخالِف
lovovertræder
afbrotamaîur
delikvent
prestopnik
offender
[əˈfəndəʳ] N1. (= lawbreaker) → delincuente mf; (against traffic regulations etc) → infractor(a) m/f
first offender → delincuente mf sin antecedentes penales
first offender → delincuente mf sin antecedentes penales
2. (moral) → transgresor(a) m/f, pecador(a) m/f
regarding air pollution, industry is the worst offender → en lo que se refiere a la contaminación atmosférica, la industria es la mayor culpable
regarding air pollution, industry is the worst offender → en lo que se refiere a la contaminación atmosférica, la industria es la mayor culpable
3. (= insulter) → ofensor(a) m/f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
offender
n (= law-breaker) → (Straf)täter(in) m(f); (against traffic laws) → Verkehrssünder(in) m(f); sex offender → Sexualstraftäter(in) m(f); who left that here? — I’m afraid I was the offender → wer hat das da liegen lassen? — ich war der Übeltäter; they are the worst offenders when it comes to … → wenn es um … geht, sind sie die schlimmsten ? first offender, young offender
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
offend
(əˈfend) verb1. to make feel upset or angry. If you don't go to her party she will be offended; His criticism offended her.
2. to be unpleasant or disagreeable. Cigarette smoke offends me.
ofˈfence , (American) ofˈfense noun1. (any cause of) anger, displeasure, hurt feelings etc. That rubbish dump is an offence to the eye.
2. a crime. The police charged him with several offences.
ofˈfender noun a person who offends, especially against the law.
ofˈfensive (-siv) adjective1. insulting. offensive remarks.
2. disgusting. an offensive smell.
3. used to attack. an offensive weapon.
noun an attack. They launched an offensive against the invading army.
ofˈfensively adverbofˈfensiveness noun
be on the offensive
to be making an attack. She always expects people to criticize her and so she is always on the offensive.
take offence (with at) to be offended (by something). He took offence at what she said.
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