She didn't mean to offend anyone with her remark.
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Offend
//əˈfɛnd//
Synonyms for "offend" (160 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (48)
Related words (80)
Verb(30 words)
Related word relations
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More general
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
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9 entriesSynonyms
7 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesderived
9 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
159 translations across 46 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أَهَانَ verb (to hurt the feelings)
Armenian
1 entries- վիրավորել verb (to hurt the feelings)
Asturian
4 entries- crismar verb (to physically harm, pain)
- dañar verb (to physically harm, pain)
- mancar verb (to physically harm, pain)
- ofender verb (to hurt the feelings)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- könlünə dəymək verb (to hurt the feelings)
Belarusian
4 entries- абра́зіць verb (to hurt the feelings)
- абража́ць verb (to hurt the feelings)
- кры́ўдзіць verb (to hurt the feelings)
- пакры́ўдзіць verb (to hurt the feelings)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дразня verb (to annoy, cause discomfort or resent)
- нарушавам verb (to transgress or violate a law or moral requirement)
- оби́дя verb (to hurt the feelings)
- оби́ждам verb (to hurt the feelings)
Catalan
4 entries- damnar verb (to physically harm, pain)
- ferir verb (to physically harm, pain)
- injuriar verb (to annoy, cause discomfort or resent)
- ofendre verb (to hurt the feelings)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 冒犯 verb (to hurt the feelings)
- 得罪 verb (to hurt the feelings)
- 觸犯 /触犯 verb (to hurt the feelings)
Czech
2 entries- urazit verb (to hurt the feelings)
- urážet verb (to hurt the feelings)
Danish
2 entries- förolämpa verb (to hurt the feelings)
- krænke verb (to hurt the feelings)
Dutch
4 entries- aanstoot nemen verb (to feel or become offended)
- beledigen verb (to hurt the feelings)
- ergeren verb (to annoy, cause discomfort or resent)
- irriteren verb (to annoy, cause discomfort or resent)
Esperanto
1 entries- ofendi verb (to hurt the feelings)
Finnish
4 entries- erehdyttää verb (to cause to sin or fall)
- häiritä verb (to annoy, cause discomfort or resent)
- loukata verb (to hurt the feelings)
- loukata verb (to physically harm, pain)
French
3 entries- blesser verb (to physically harm, pain)
- déplaire verb (to hurt the feelings)
- offenser verb (to hurt the feelings)
Georgian
1 entries- შეურაცხყოფა verb (to hurt the feelings)
German
1 entries- beleidigen verb (to hurt the feelings)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to hurt the feelings)
Hindi
1 entries- अपमान करना verb (to hurt the feelings)
Hungarian
4 entries- bánt verb (to physically harm, pain)
- megbánt verb (to hurt the feelings)
- megbántódik verb (to feel or become offended)
- megütköztet verb (to hurt the feelings)
Ido
1 entries- ofensar verb (to hurt the feelings)
Irish
1 entries- ciontaigh verb (to transgress or violate a law or moral requirement)
Italian
1 entries- offendere verb (to hurt the feelings)
Japanese
1 entries- 気分を害する verb (to hurt the feelings)
Khmer
2 entries- ខុសចិត្តគេ verb (to hurt the feelings)
- បញ្ជោះ verb (to hurt the feelings)
Korean
1 entries- 기분 상하게 하다 verb (to hurt the feelings)
Latin
1 entries- offendō verb (to hurt the feelings)
Luxembourgish
4 entries- beleedegen verb (to hurt the feelings)
- beleidegen verb (to hurt the feelings)
- blesséieren verb (to hurt the feelings)
- kränken verb (to hurt the feelings)
Macedonian
2 entries- навреди verb (to hurt the feelings)
- навредува verb (to hurt the feelings)
Mongolian
2 entries- гомдоох verb (to hurt the feelings)
- доромжлох verb (to hurt the feelings)
Māori
4 entries- muhani verb (to hurt the feelings)
- tunuhuruhuru verb (to physically harm, pain)
- whakaparanga verb (to hurt the feelings)
- whakapenopeno verb (to annoy, cause discomfort or resent)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fornærme verb (to hurt the feelings)
Old English
3 entries- ābelgan verb (to hurt the feelings)
- ǣbylġan verb (to hurt the feelings)
- ǣswician verb (to transgress or violate a law or moral requirement)
Oromo
1 entries- mufachiisuu verb (to hurt the feelings)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- داغلامق verb (to hurt the feelings)
- قیرمق verb (to hurt the feelings)
- ییقمق verb (to hurt the feelings)
Persian
3 entries- آسیب زدن verb (to physically harm, pain)
- تخطی verb (to transgress or violate a law or moral requirement)
- خطا کردن verb (to cause to sin or fall)
Polish
4 entries- obrazić verb (to hurt the feelings)
- obrazić się verb (to feel or become offended)
- obrażać verb (to hurt the feelings)
- urazić verb (to hurt the feelings)
Portuguese
4 entries- ofender verb (to hurt the feelings)
- ofender verb (to transgress or violate a law or moral requirement)
- ofender-se verb (to feel or become offended)
- prejudicar verb (to physically harm, pain)
Russian
4 entries- нару́шить verb (to transgress or violate a law or moral requirement)
- наруша́ть verb (to transgress or violate a law or moral requirement)
- оби́деть verb (to hurt the feelings)
- оби́деться verb (to feel or become offended)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- uvrijéditi verb (to hurt the feelings)
- uvréditi verb (to hurt the feelings)
- vrijéđati verb (to hurt the feelings)
- vréđati verb (to hurt the feelings)
Slovak
2 entries- uraziť verb (to hurt the feelings)
- urážať verb (to hurt the feelings)
Slovene
2 entries- užaliti verb (to hurt the feelings)
- žaliti verb (to hurt the feelings)
Spanish
4 entries- dañar verb (to physically harm, pain)
- hacer daño verb (to physically harm, pain)
- ofender verb (to hurt the feelings)
- perjudicar verb (to physically harm, pain)
Swedish
2 entries- förolämpa verb (to hurt the feelings)
- såra verb (to hurt the feelings)
Thai
2 entries- บาด verb (to hurt the feelings)
- หลู่ verb (to hurt the feelings)
Ukrainian
4 entries- кри́вдити verb (to hurt the feelings)
- оби́дити verb (to hurt the feelings)
- обижа́ти verb (to hurt the feelings)
- обра́зити verb (to hurt the feelings)
Vietnamese
1 entries- xúc phạm verb (to hurt the feelings)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
This letter contains sensitive information that may offend some people.
Source: tatoeba (322133)
Tom didn't mean to offend anyone.
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Tom didn't mean to offend Mary.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.