offend

Etymology

From Middle French offendre, from Latin offendō (“strike, blunder, commit an offense”), from ob- (“against”) + *fendō (“strike”).

verb

1. (transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
   Your accusations offend me deeply.
   ‘ […] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. We nearly crowned her we were so offended. She saw us but she didn't know us, did she?’. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess
   One day my girlfriend, her boyfriend and I were sunbathing topless because that's Barbados - you can wear nothing if you want. And the Pepsi guy walks up and with my agent to meet us for lunch. I wondered if I should put on my top because I have a business relationship with him. I didn't want him to get offended because the rest of the beach had seen me with my top off. 1995 September, “The Playboy Interview: Cindy Crawford”, in Playboy
2. (intransitive) To feel or become offended; to take insult.
   Don't worry. I don't offend easily.
3. (transitive) To physically harm, pain.
   Strong light offends the eye.
4. (transitive) To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
   Physically enjoyable frivolity can still offend the conscience
5. (intransitive) To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
6. (transitive) To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.
7. (obsolete, transitive, archaic, biblical) To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
   If any man offend not (stumbles not, is not tripped up) in word, the same is a perfect man. 1896, Adolphus Frederick Schauffler, Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons, W. A. Wilde company, page 161