What does offended mean?

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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. Jacob Ostreicher:

    I'm not precious on those things, if others are offended by that, I make no apology.

  2. Alexander Zverev:

    I'm trying to look at social media as little as possible during Grand Slams, during big tournaments, yeah, no offence to you guys, I don't really read what you guys write. You can go ahead and write whatever you want about me. It's fine. I will not be offended.

  3. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid:

    Well I have a lot of bad habits, one of them is my telephone manner, as everybody will say. When the conversation is over, I hang up. I've offended people, I don't mean to. But there's no need to talk anymore, The conversation is over.

  4. Arthur Helps:

    Offended vanity is the great separator in social life.

  5. Harriet Nelson:

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

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