offending
adjective
[ əˈfɛndɪŋ ]
• causing problems or displeasure.
• "she eliminated the offending foods from her diet"
• relating to the committing of an illegal act or the breaking of a rule.
• "tougher penalties for offending motorists"
offend
verb
• cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful.
• "17 per cent of viewers said they had been offended by bad language"
Similar:
hurt someone's feelings,
give offence to,
affront,
upset,
displease,
distress,
hurt,
wound,
pain,
injure,
be an affront to,
get/put someone's back up,
disgruntle,
put out,
annoy,
anger,
exasperate,
irritate,
vex,
pique,
gall,
irk,
provoke,
rankle with,
nettle,
needle,
peeve,
tread on someone's toes,
ruffle,
ruffle someone's feathers,
rub up the wrong way,
make someone's hackles rise,
insult,
humiliate,
embarrass,
mortify,
scandalize,
shock,
outrage,
spite,
rile,
miff,
rattle,
aggravate,
get under someone's skin,
hack off,
get someone's goat,
get to,
bug,
nark,
get on someone's wick,
get up someone's nose,
tick off,
piss off,
• commit an illegal act.
• "a small hard core of young criminals who offend again and again"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French offendre, from Latin offendere ‘strike against’.
