offend

Other forms of offend

past tense

offended·

present participle

offending·

third person

offends·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about offend

What does offend mean?

offend means "cause to feel resentment or indignation". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in offend?

offend has 2 syllables: of-fend. The stress falls on "fend". In IPA it is /əˈfɛnd/.

What is another word for offend?

Close synonyms include pique, transgress, infract, violate, go against. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is offend a common word?

offend is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with offend?

2 words rhyme with offend. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.