Synonyms of the word

offend

• v. (transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
• v. (intransitive) To feel or become offended, take insult.
• v. (transitive) To physically harm, pain.
• v. (transitive) To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
• v. (intransitive) To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
• v. (transitive) To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.
• v. (obsolete, transitive, archaic, biblical) To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.

anger

• n. A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined…
• n. (obsolete) Pain or stinging.
• v. (transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism.
• v. (intransitive) To become angry.

appal

• v. (Britain, less common) Alternative spelling of appall.

appall

• v. (transitive) To fill with horror; to dismay.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To make pale; to blanch.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To weaken; to reduce in strength.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To lose flavour or become stale.

arouse

• v. To stimulate feelings.
• v. To sexually stimulate.
• v. To wake from sleep or stupor.

breach

• n. A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee; the space between…
• n. A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.
• n. A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves; surge; surf.
• n. A breaking out upon; an assault.
• n. (archaic) A bruise; a wound.
• n. (archaic) A hernia; a rupture.
• n. (law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
• n. (figuratively) A difference in opinions, social class etc.
• n. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
• v. (transitive) To make a breach in.
• v. (transitive) To violate or break.
• v. (transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
• v. (intransitive, of a whale) To leap clear out of the water.

break

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that…
• v. (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
• v. (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
• v. (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
• v. (transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
• v. (transitive) To ruin financially.
• v. (transitive) To violate, to not adhere to.
• v. (intransitive, of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, temperaturewise.
• v. (intransitive, of a storm or spell of weather) To end.
• v. (transitive, gaming slang) To design or use a powerful (yet legal) strategy that unbalances the game in…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
• v. (transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
• v. (transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
• v. (intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
• v. (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
• v. (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.
• v. (transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately)…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.
• v. (intransitive, of morning) To arrive.
• v. (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
• v. (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
• v. (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
• v. (intransitive) Of a voice, to alter in type: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down;…
• v. (transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a…
• v. (sports and games).
• v. (transitive, military, most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.
• v. (transitive) To end (a connection), to disconnect.
• v. (intransitive, of an emulsion) To demulsify.
• v. (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
• v. (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fail in business; to become bankrupt.
• v. (transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
• v. (transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
• v. (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To fall out; to terminate friendship.
• v. (of a horse) To tame, to horsebreak.
• n. An instance of breaking something into two pieces.
• n. A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
• n. A rest or pause, usually from work. Often the mid-morning breaktime in the school day.
• n. A short holiday.
• n. A temporary split with a romantic partner.
• n. An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast,…
• n. A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
• n. The beginning (of the morning).
• n. An act of escaping.
• n. (computing) The separation between lines or paragraphs of a written text.
• n. (Britain, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
• n. (sports and games).
• n. (dated) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in…
• n. (equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
• n. (music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
• n. (music) The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is,…
• n. (music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as…

bruise

• v. (transitive) To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such…
• v. (transitive) To damage the skin of (fruit), in an analogous way.
• v. (intransitive) Of fruit, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
• v. (intransitive) To become bruised.
• v. (intransitive) To fight with the fists; to box.
• n. (medicine) A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that…
• n. A dark mark on fruit caused by a blow to its surface.

disgust

• v. To cause an intense dislike for something.
• n. An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.

disrespect

• n. A lack of respect, esteem or courteous behaviour.
• v. (transitive) To show a lack of respect to someone or something.

elicit

• v. To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or…
• v. To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.
• v. To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason; deduce; construe.
• adj. (obsolete) Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

enkindle

• v. To kindle; to arouse or evoke.

evoke

• v. To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.

fire

• n. (uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon…
• n. (countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained…
• n. (countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
• n. (uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered a one of…
• n. (countable, Britain) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
• n. (countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
• n. (uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun.
• n. Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
• n. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
• n. Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
• n. (countable) A button (on a joypad, joystick or similar device) usually used to make a video game character…
• v. (transitive) To set (something) on fire.
• v. (transitive) To heat without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
• v. (transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
• v. (transitive) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct…
• v. (transitive) To shoot (a device that launches a projectile or a pulse or stream of something).
• v. (intransitive) To shoot a gun, a cannon or a similar weapon.
• v. (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
• v. (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
• v. (transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
• v. (intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
• v. To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
• v. To animate; to give life or spirit to.
• v. To feed or serve the fire of.
• v. To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
• v. (farriery) To cauterize.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
• adj. (slang) Amazing.
• interj. A cry of distress indicating that something is on fire.
• interj. A signal to shoot.

hurt

• v. (intransitive) To be painful.
• v. (transitive) To cause (a creature) physical pain and/or injury.
• v. (transitive) To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
• v. (transitive) To undermine, impede, or damage.
• adj. Wounded, physically injured.
• adj. Pained.
• n. An emotional or psychological hurt (humiliation or bad experience).
• n. (archaic) A bodily injury causing pain; a wound or bruise.
• n. (archaic) injury; damage; detriment; harm.
• n. (heraldry) A roundel azure (blue circular spot).
• n. (engineering) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
• n. A husk.

infract

• v. (transitive) To infringe, violate or disobey (a rule).
• adj. Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole.

injure

• v. (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
• v. (transitive) To damage or impair.
• v. (transitive) To do injustice to.

kindle

• v. (intransitive, of a rabbit or hare) To bring forth young; to give birth.
• n. (rare, collective) A group of kittens.
• v. (transitive) To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To begin to grow or take hold.

nauseate

• v. (transitive) To cause nausea in.
• v. (transitive) To disgust.
• v. (intransitive) To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To reject or spit (something) out because it causes a feeling of nausea.
• v. (obsolete, transitive, figuratively) To be disgusted by (something).

outrage

• n. An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
• n. An offensive, immoral or indecent act.
• n. The resentful anger aroused by such acts.
• n. (obsolete) A destructive rampage.
• v. (transitive) To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To violate; to rape (a female).
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To rage in excess of.

pique

• n. A feeling of enmity between two entities; ill-feeling, animosity; a transient feeling of wounded pride.
• n. A feeling of irritation or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; offence, especially taken…
• n. (obsolete) Keenly felt desire; a longing.
• v. (transitive) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to excite to anger.
• v. (reflexive) To take pride in; to pride oneself on.
• v. (transitive) To excite (someone) to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate (a feeling,…
• n. In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts…
• n. A chigger or jigger, Tunga penetrans.
• n. A durable ribbed fabric made from cotton, rayon, or silk.

provoke

• v. (transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
• v. (transitive) To bring about a reaction.
• v. (obsolete) To appeal.

raise

• v. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
• v. (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
• v. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
• v. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
• v. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
• v. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof…
• v. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or…
• v. (computing) To throw (an exception).
• n. (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
• n. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
• n. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
• n. (poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.
• n. A cairn or pile of stones.

revolt

• v. To rebel, particularly against authority.
• v. To repel greatly.
• v. To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
• v. (intransitive) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.
• v. To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
• n. an act of revolt.

scandalise

• v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of scandalize.

scandalize

• v. To shock someone.
• v. To be offensive to someone.
• v. (nautical) To reduce the area and efficiency of a sail by expedient means (e.g. slacking the peak and…

shock

• n. Sudden, heavy impact.
• n. (mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
• v. To cause to be emotionally shocked.
• v. To give an electric shock.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.
• n. An arrangement of sheaves for drying, a stook.
• n. (commerce, dated) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
• n. (by extension) A tuft or bunch of something (e.g. hair, grass).
• n. (obsolete, by comparison) A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog.
• v. To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.

sicken

• v. (transitive) To make ill.
• v. (intransitive) To become ill.
• v. (transitive) To fill with disgust or abhorrence.
• v. (sports) To lower the standing of.
• v. (intransitive) To be filled with disgust or abhorrence.
• v. (intransitive) To become disgusting or tedious.
• v. (intransitive) To become weak; to decay; to languish.

spite

• n. Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a desire…
• n. (obsolete) Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
• v. (transitive) To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To be angry at; to hate.
• v. (transitive) To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
• prep. Notwithstanding; despite.

transgress

• v. (transitive) To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.
• v. (transitive) To act in violation of some law.
• v. (intransitive, construed with against) To commit an offense; to sin.
• v. (intransitive, of the sea) To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.

violate

• v. (sometimes computing) To break, disregard, disagree or not act according to (rules, conventions, etc.).
• v. (euphemistic) To rape.

wound

• n. An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
• n. (figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
• n. (criminal law) An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
• v. (transitive) To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
• v. (transitive) To hurt (a person's feelings).
• v. simple past tense and past participle of wind.