offend
/əˈfɛnd/
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ə - ˈfɛnd -> offend
၁။ (က) (esp passive) စိတ်အနှောင့်အယှက်၊ မကျေမနပ်ဖြစ်စေသည်။ စော်ကားရာရောက်သည်။ She was offended at/by his sexist remarks. ❍ She may be offended if you don't reply to her invitation. ❍ TV programmers have to be careful not to offend. (ခ) မျက်စိနောက်သည်၊ နားကလောသည် စသဖြင့် စိတ်အနှောင့် အယှက် ဖြစ်စေသည်။ an ugly building that offends the eye ❍ The colour scheme offends me.
၂။ ~ (against sb/sth) ပြစ်မှုကျူးလွန်သည်။ ဖောက်ဖျက်ရာကျသည်။ criminals who persistently offend ❍ (fml ) His conduct offended against the rules of decent behaviour.
❏ offender n ဥပဒေချိုးဖောက်သူ။ ပြစ်မှုကျူးလွန်သူ။ a persistent offender ❍ sex offenders. See also FIRST OFFENDER
❏ offending adj စိတ်အနှောင့်အယှက် ပေးသော။ မတော်တရော် ဖြစ်သော။ There were complaints, so the offending products were recalled to the factory and destroyed. ❍ The offending paragraph was deleted.
- They avoided saying anything that might offend their audience.
- The chairman did not seem offended by the criticism.
- Over half the prisoners released had offended again within a year.
- We will not publish material that may offend the sensibilities of our readers.
- [offend against] : Legislation that offends against common sense
- We feel both saddened and offended.
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