offend

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Middle French offendre, from Latin offendō (“strike, blunder, commit an offense”), from ob- (“against”) + *fendō (“strike”).

You won’t be offended, Watson? — His last bow : $b Some later reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
"Are you offended?" she asked sorrowfully. — The Green Mouse, Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
It offends my little gray cells. — The Big Four, Agatha Christie

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