Synonyms for offending
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-fend |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈfɛnd |
Top 10 synonyms for offending Other synonyms for the word offending
Définition of offending
Origin :- early 14c., "to sin against (someone)," from Old French ofendre "transgress, antagonize," and directly from Latin offendere "to hit, strike against," figuratively "to stumble, commit a fault, displease, trespass against, provoke," from ob "against" (see ob-) + -fendere "to strike" (found only in compounds; see defend).
- Meaning "to violate (a law), to make a moral false step, to commit a crime" is from late 14c. Meaning "to wound the feelings" is from late 14c. The literal sense of "to attack, assail" is attested from late 14c.; this has been lost in Modern English, but is preserved in offense and offensive. Related: Offended; offending.
- verb displease, insult
- You, I know, lay this to his fearfulness of disobliging or offending.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- This was the whole front of her offending; yet I was so disappointed that I wanted to be brutal.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- And Ray heard no more complaints about the offending little name.
- Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
- She was not afraid of offending Jimmy or of hurting his feelings.
- Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
- But, offending no one, and interfering with no one, how have I been treated in my turn?
- Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI » by Various
- She had remembered this time to shed the offending apron, but she carried it in her hand.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Mr. Hungerford, pawing in the darkness at the offending footstool, swore.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He meant to say green, but had a purpose in not offending Paul.
- Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger
- His daughter darted to him regardless of the offending incense.
- Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
- We are self-centered, free-willed; immune from any possibility of offending the universe.
- Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
Antonyms for offending
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