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View definitions for offended

offended

adjective as in annoyed; hurt

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"In the 2000s, I remember people being put off if you told them maybe you should have a glass of water… and they would be really offended."

From BBC

But I understand how the words used could have offended many people beyond the tennis court.

From BBC

We couldn’t even picture a future time when provable facts about our nation’s history would be rewritten to protect some of us from being offended by nasty truths.

From Salon

"The album is not for any pearl clutchers," she told CBS News, with reference to prim, prudish or easily offended people.

From BBC

According to Sung, Marcotte was offended after he looked through her TikTok page and told her husband, who had just arrived, that they weren’t going to eat at the restaurant.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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