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Princeton's WordNet

  1. offended, painedadjective

    hurt or upset

    "she looked offended"; "face had a pained and puzzled expression"

Wikipedia

  1. offended

    An insult is an expression or statement (or sometimes behavior) which is disrespectful or scornful. Insults may be intentional or accidental. An insult may be factual, but at the same time pejorative, such as the word "inbred".

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  1. offended

    Offended refers to feeling upset, annoyed, or insulted by something perceived as a disrespect or a disregard for one's beliefs, values, or feelings. It often happens when someone crosses socially or personally set boundaries, intentionally or unintentionally.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of offended in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of offended in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of offended in a Sentence

  1. Robert Burns:

    The great Creator to revereMust sure become the creatureBut still the preaching cant forbear,And ev'n the rigid featureYet ne'er with wits profane to rangeBe complaisance extendedAn atheist laugh's a poor exchangeFor deity offended.

  2. Anne Libera:

    There's a lot more judgment and a lot less acceptance, there's the segment that's afraid of laughing, the segment afraid of being offended and another segment that's afraid of other people being offended.

  3. Sir Thomas More:

    This hath not offended the king.

  4. Robertson Davies:

    Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.

  5. Robert C. Morlino:

    People today have been taught to be offended, people live to be offended. That’s why they need a ‘safe space’ and a ‘cry closet,’ and what they mean by that seems to be a space where they can be safe from hearing the voice of reason and truth, if you speak the truth, you might not be safe.

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