offend
English
/əˈfɛnd/
verb
Definitions
- (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.
- (transitive) To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
- (intransitive) To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
- (transitive) To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.
- (obsolete) To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (kill, strike, slay, beat, hit, drive).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷʰen-
Gloss
kill, strike, slay, beat, hit, drive
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
殺
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- manifestly English
- offendable English
- offendee English
- offendest English
- offendeth English
- offendor English
- offendotron English
- reoffend English
- reoffender English
- unoffendable English
- defendo Latin
- dēfendō Latin
- festinus Latin
- infesto Latin
- infestus Latin
- manifestare Latin
- manifestatio Latin
- manifestatus Latin
- manifesto Latin
- manifestus Latin
- manifestō Latin
- offendo Latin
- offensa Latin
- īnfestō Latin
- θείνω Ancient Greek
- κατέπεφνον Ancient Greek
- φονεύς Ancient Greek
- φόνος Ancient Greek
- ἀνδροφόνος Ancient Greek
- ἔπεφνον Ancient Greek
- *bʰewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰen-, *gʷʰon- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰn̥-(n)i- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰn̥-tó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰn̥h₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰon-on- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰénti Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰéntis Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰónos Proto-Indo-European
- *banjō Proto-Germanic
- *banô Proto-Germanic
- *banō Proto-Germanic
- *brōþurbanô Proto-Germanic
- *gandaz Proto-Germanic
- *gunþiz Proto-Germanic
- gonić Polish
- घन Sanskrit
- सघन Sanskrit
- Gunnhildr Old Norse
- bana Old Norse
- banamaðr Old Norse
- gunnr Old Norse
- *gaňati Proto-Slavic
- *gъnati Proto-Slavic
- *žęti Proto-Slavic
- գան Armenian
- φονεύω Greek (modern)
- dzīt Latvian
- *gonô Proto-Celtic
- *gʷaneti Proto-Celtic
- *agʰnyáH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- beniwunda Old Saxon
- ginti Lithuanian
- 𑀳𑀬 Maharastri Prakrit
- *gínˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *ǰaθráH Proto-Iranian
- dēfensa la-lat