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1. Responsible for causing difficulty, displeasure, disgust, etc.
   "the basic treatment for food allergy has been to avoid the offending item"
    
2. Offending against or breaking a law or rule
   "contracts offending against the statute were cancelled"

1. Cause to feel resentment or indignation
   "Her tactless remark offended me";
   - pique
    
2. Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
   "offend all laws of humanity";
   - transgress, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
    
3. Strike with disgust or revulsion
   "The scandalous behaviour of this married woman offended her friends";
   - shock, scandalize, scandalise [Brit], appal [Brit, Cdn], appall [US], outrage
    
4. Cause (somebody) emotional pain or offence
   - hurt, wound, injure, bruise, spite

See also: offensive, sinning, violative

Type of: anger, arouse, disgust, disrespect, elicit, enkindle [literary], evoke, fire, kindle, nauseate, provoke, raise, revolt, sicken

Antonym: unoffending

Encyclopedia: Offend