обижа́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• abuse noun Cruel or violent treatment of a person, often repeated.
• hurt verb To cause physical pain or injury.
• injure verb To physically hurt a person or animal.
• insult verb To say or do something rude or disrespectful to someone.
• offend verb To hurt someone's feelings or upset them, often unintentionally.

Senses

обижа́ть is used for these senses in English:

• abuse (transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage. [from early 17th c.]
• hurt (transitive, intransitive) To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
• injure (transitive) To do injustice to.
• insult (transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). [from 17th c.]
• offend (transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.

abuse — full definition

1. noun Cruel or violent treatment of a person, often repeated.
2. noun The wrong or harmful use of something, such as power, drugs, or a position of trust.
3. verb To treat someone cruelly or violently.
4. verb To use something improperly or excessively, especially drugs or alcohol.

hurt — full definition

1. verb To cause physical pain or injury.
2. verb To cause emotional pain or distress.
3. verb To damage or have a negative effect on something.
4. adj Injured, either physically or emotionally.
5. noun Physical injury or emotional pain.

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