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