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What is another word for offended?

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Adjective

Resentful or annoyed, typically as a result of a perceived insult

Irritable and quick to take offense at petty things

Feeling a sense of disgust or repulsion

Having been subjected to oppression

Not given to showing emotion or feelings

To have triggered a passionate feeling or reaction

Past tense for to cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful

Past tense for to be displeasing to

Past tense for to commit a transgression or an illegal act

Past tense for to fail to conform to a regulation or obligation

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Adjective

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Resentful or annoyed, typically as a result of a perceived insult

dishonored^US

dishonoured^UK

antagonized^US

antagonised^UK

as cross as two sticks

unjustifiably resentful

unjustifiably offended

ill-humored^US

smouldering^UK

with a chip on your shoulder

with chip on shoulder

libeled^US

libelled^UK

smoldering^US

sniveling^US

snivelling^UK

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

carrying a chip on your shoulder

scandalized^US

fed up to the back teeth

with all guns blazing

scandalised^UK

beside yourself with rage

having got out of bed on the wrong side

nasty-tempered

cross-grained

like a bear with a sore head

having got out of bed the wrong side

having a fit of the sulks

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“The offended students said the flier had disrupted a meeting, an assertion that became the basis of disciplinary action.”

Adjective

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Irritable and quick to take offense at petty things

ill-humored^US

like a bear with a sore head

humourless^UK

humorless^US

as cross as two sticks

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

somber^US

sombre^UK

having got out of bed the wrong side

hot-blooded

having got out of bed on the wrong side

having a fit of the sulks

have chip on shoulder

with all guns blazing

beside yourself with rage

apt to fly off the handle

got up on wrong side of bed

criticizing^US

gray^US

grey^UK

antagonized^US

criticising^UK

antagonised^UK

scandalized^US

scandalised^UK

having a chip on one's shoulder

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Adjective

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Feeling a sense of disgust or repulsion

scandalised^UK

scandalized^US

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Adjective

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Having been subjected to oppression

wronged

maltreated

mistreated

victimised^UK

victimized^US

tyrannized^US

tyrannised^UK

Adjective

Not given to showing emotion or feelings

cool, calm and collected

keeping people at arm's length

mom^US

mum^UK

wouldn't say boo to a goose

not given to excesses

in control of yourself

rolling with the punches

devoid of feeling

devoid of emotion

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Verb

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To have triggered a passionate feeling or reaction

galvanized^US

energised^UK

energized^US

galvanised^UK

revitalized^US

revitalised^UK

fired the imagination of

catalyzed^US

mobilized^US

mobilised^UK

catalysed^UK

fired with enthusiasm

breathed new life into

fired the enthusiasm of

given a shot in the arm to

gave a shot in the arm to

acted as a stimulus to

given someone a shout

initialized^US

stiffened the resolve of

raised the morale of

boosted morale

lifted the spirits of

propped up

bielded

stimulated spiritually

favoured^UK

favored^US

added fuel to the flames

pressurized^US

initialised^UK

acted as a incentive to

magnetized^US

modernized^US

given someone a charge

pressurised^UK

gave someone a charge

modernised^UK

magnetised^UK

acted as an incentive to

whetted one's appetite

left the door open to

gave the incentive to

took out of mothballs

taken out of mothballs

given the incentive to

given courage to

gave courage to

took your breath away

taken your breath away

gave a shot in the arm

given a shot in the arm

took a turn for the better

taken heart

took heart

taken a turn for the better

got a rise out of

gotten a rise out of

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Verb

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Past tense for to cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful

“Gregory House is a maverick doctor with a gruff exterior who tends to offend his peers.”

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Past tense for to be displeasing to

“Never again will I allow this nasty beverage to offend my tastebuds.”

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Past tense for to commit a transgression or an illegal act

“He does not appear to be a young man who is likely to offend in the same manner again in the future.”

Verb

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Past tense for to fail to conform to a regulation or obligation

“The code's provision requires that advertisements do not offend standards of public decency.”

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