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Synonyms for offend
verb displease, insultAntonyms for offend
- aid
- assist
- assuage
- calm
- comfort
- cure
- delight
- heal
- help
- make happy
- order
- placate
- please
- quiet
- soothe
- agree
- appease
- attract
- behave
- compliment
- flatter
- mollify
- obey
- praise
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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abused
verb. attack with words
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- bash
- belittle
- berate
- blow off
- calumniate
- cap
- castigate
- cuss out
- cut down
- cut to the quick
- decry
- defame
- derogate
- discount
- do a number on
- dump on
- give a black eye
- hurl brickbat
- insult
- knock
- minimize
- nag
- offend
- oppress
- persecute
- pick on
- put down
- rag on
- reproach
- revile
- ride
- rip up
- run down
- scold
- signify
- slam
- slap
- sling mud
- smear
- sound
- swear at
- tear apart
- trash
- upbraid
- vilify
- vituperate
- zing
abusing
verb. attack with words
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- bash
- belittle
- berate
- blow off
- calumniate
- cap
- castigate
- cuss out
- cut down
- cut to the quick
- decry
- defame
- derogate
- discount
- do a number on
- dump on
- give a black eye
- hurl brickbat
- insult
- knock
- minimize
- nag
- offend
- oppress
- persecute
- pick on
- put down
- rag on
- reproach
- revile
- ride
- rip up
- run down
- scold
- signify
- slam
- slap
- sling mud
- smear
- sound
- swear at
- tear apart
- trash
- upbraid
- vilify
- vituperate
- zing
affront
verb. insult or involve in entanglement
affronted
verb. insult or involve in entanglement
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.