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offendere — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • insult verb To say or do something rude or disrespectful to someone.
  • miff noun A small argument; a quarrel.
  • offend verb To hurt someone's feelings or upset them, often unintentionally.
  • trample verb To crush or damage something by walking heavily on it.
  • wound noun An injury where the skin is cut, pierced, or torn.

Senses

offendere is used for these senses in English:

  • insult (transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). [from 17th c.]
  • miff (intransitive) To become slightly offended.
  • offend (transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
  • trample (by extension) To treat someone harshly.
  • trample (by extension) To cause emotional injury as if by trampling.
  • wound (transitive) To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.

insult — full definition

  1. verb To say or do something rude or disrespectful to someone.
  2. noun A rude remark or action meant to offend someone.

miff — full definition

  1. noun A small argument; a quarrel.
  2. noun A state of being offended.

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