To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
Your accusations offend me deeply.
To feel or become offended; to take insult.
Don't worry. I don't offend easily.
To physically harm, pain.
Strong light offends the eye.
From Middle French offendre, from Latin offendō (“strike, blunder, commit an offense”), from ob- (“against”) + *fendō (“strike”).
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