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(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult. / (intransitive) To feel or become offended; to take insult. / (transitive) To physically harm, pain.

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offend

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Source Word

offend

IPA(Pronunciation)

/əˈfɛnd/

Verb

transitive intransitive archaic obsolete

(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult. / (intransitive) To feel or become offended; to take insult. / (transitive) To physically harm, pain.

Japanese Meaning

感情を傷つける、気分を害する / 怒らせる、侮辱する / 侮辱を感じる、侮辱を受ける / 身体的に傷つける、痛みを与える

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I didn't mean to offend her with my comment about her cooking.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女の料理についての私のコメントで彼女の気持ちを傷つけるつもりはありませんでした。

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(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.

‘ […] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. We nearly crowned her we were so offended. She saw us but she didn't know us, did she?’.

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