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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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  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. Charlotte Rampling:

    Why should we always categorize people? I think nowadays we are living in easily offended societies. There will always be someone who's too beautiful, too black or not white enough.

  2. Lauren Boebert:

    I apologize to anyone in the Muslim community I offended with my comment about Rep. Ilhan Omar, i have reached out to her office to speak with her directly. There are plenty of policy differences to focus on without this unnecessary distraction.

  3. Todd Fisher:

    It became a bit of a salacious tale that certain people were offended by or did n’t approve of, it was funny, because Carrie, who’s sort of immune to some types of criticism, she went back to my mom and was like, ‘ Hey, maybe I should n’t have told that story. ’ My mom’s like, ‘ What can I say ? Mothers know a few things. ’.

  4. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald:

    I asked the man where he had served in the military, he responded that he had served in special forces. I incorrectly stated that I had been in special forces. That was inaccurate and I apologize to anyone that was offended by my misstatement.

  5. Harriet Nelson:

    Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.

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