- Types Of Speech
- You can use offend as a verb in a sentence.
- About Offend
- A 2 syllables verb and 6 letters with the letters d, e, f, n, and o, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters fe. Offend starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters o, of, off, offe, offen, and the ending characters are d, nd, end, fend, ffend, . Offend is also a double consonant (ff) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- Cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me"
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- Compound Words
- A compound word, offend has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are off, and end.
- School Grade
- Offend is set as a grade six word that starts with o, ends with d, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 6 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is offend a scrabble word? A 13 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Offend in Pig Latin is said as "offenday or offendway".
- Unigram
- o | f | f | e | n | d
- Bigram
- of | ff | fe | en | nd
- Trigram
- off | ffe | fen | end
- Quadrigram
- offe | ffen | fend
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- cause to feel resentment or indignation;
"Her tactless remark offended me" - hurt the feelings of;
"She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests";
"This remark really bruised me ego" - strike with disgust or revulsion;
"The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" - act in disregard of laws and rules;
"offend all laws of humanity";
"violate the basic laws or human civilization";
"break a law"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abase | cause to feel shame hurt the pride of "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" |
| Abash | cause to be embarrassed cause to feel self-conscious |
| Affray | a noisy fight |
| Affront | a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of an affront "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult" |
| Aggravate | make worse "This drug aggravates the pain" |
| Aggrieve | break the heart of cause to feel sorrow |
| Alarm | a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event |
| Amaze | be a mystery or bewildering to "This beats me!" "Got me--I don''t know the answer!" "a vexing problem" "This question really stuck me" |
| Anger | belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) |
| Annoy | cause annoyance in disturb, especially by minor irritations "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me" "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Offend
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Offend | cause to feel resentment or indignation "Her tactless remark offended me" |
View English words with the unique letters used in offend. Words With The Letters Defno
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Irritation | the act of troubling or annoying someone |
| Offence | a crime less serious than a felony |
| Offense | a crime less serious than a felony |
| Pique | tightly woven fabric with raised cords |
| Temper | a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger "his temper was well known to all his employees" |
| Umbrage | a feeling of anger caused by being offended "he took offence at my question" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anger | belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fondness (8 letters) | 12 | 14 | fondness | ||
| Send Off (8 letters) | |||||
| Fondue (6 letters) | 10 | 12 | fondue | ||
| Offender (8 letters) | 15 +2 | 16 +2 | offender | ||
| Founder (7 letters) | 11 | 13 | refound | ||
| Woodfern (8 letters) | 15 +2 | 16 +2 | woodfern | ||
| Send For (8 letters) | |||||
| Fend For (8 letters) | |||||
| Send Off (8 letters) | |||||
| Feed On (7 letters) | |||||
| Offend (6 letters) | 13 | 14 | offend | ||
| Fend Off (8 letters) | |||||
| Confused (8 letters) | 14 +1 | 17 +3 | confused | ||
| Enforced (8 letters) | 14 +1 | 16 +2 | enforced | ||
| Profaned (8 letters) | 14 +1 | 16 +2 | profaned | ||
| Corn Fed (8 letters) | |||||
| Unforced (8 letters) | 14 +1 | 17 +3 | unforced | ||
| Softened (8 letters) | 12 | 13 | softened | ||
| Overfond (8 letters) | 15 +2 | 17 +3 | defnoorv | ||
| Newfound (8 letters) | 15 +2 | 18 +4 | newfound | ||
| Unroofed (8 letters) | 12 | 14 | defnooru | ||
| Offended (8 letters) | 16 +3 | 17 +3 | offended | ||
| Founded (7 letters) | 12 | 14 | founded | ||
| Frondeur (8 letters) | 12 | 14 | frondeur | ||
| Done For (8 letters) |
Offend Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With O
- Ends With D
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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