Definition of Offended

1. Adjective. Hurt or upset. "Face had a pained and puzzled expression"

Exact synonyms: Pained
Similar to: Displeased

Definition of Offended

1. Verb. (past of offend) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Offended

1. offend [v] - See also: offend

Lexicographical Neighbors of Offended

offcast
offcasts
offcome
offcomer
offcut
offcuts
offed
offence
offenceless
offences
offencive
offencively
offend
offendable
offendant
offended (current term)
offendedly
offendedness
offendee
offendees
offender
offenders
offendest
offendeth
offending
offendor
offendour
offendress
offendresses
offends

Literary usage of Offended

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1879)
"and shall be offended and made weak at that which others can bear. ... Nay, I am so weak a man, as to be offended with that which others have liberty to ins ..."

2. Sermons and discourses on several subjects and occasions by Francis Atterbury (1820)
"Blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me. MATTH. xi. 6. AND can any man then be offended in thee, blessed Jesus'. who hast undertaken, and done, ..."

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