offended
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The unapologetically Black person wears their Blackness every day, regardless of who is offended or discomforted by it.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
Balkan goes further, arguing that people today are more easily offended than they were two decades ago.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Worry less about who’s talking to whom and who has offended whom, and more about the parents’ independence.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
He was almost offended that his boss sent him in the first place, as if there could possibly be a notable player in his area that he didn’t know about.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
It took a lot of tactful correspondence before Kepler was able to soothe Tycho’s offended feelings and restore friendly relations with the great astronomer.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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