Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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offend

/əˈfɛnd/ verb

Forms offends offending offended

  1. verb (transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult. “Your accusations offend me deeply.”
  2. verb (intransitive) To feel or become offended; to take insult. “Don't worry. I don't offend easily.”
  3. verb (transitive) To physically harm, pain. “Strong light offends the eye.”
  4. verb (transitive) To annoy, cause discomfort or resent. “Physically enjoyable frivolity can still offend the conscience”
  5. verb (intransitive) To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
  6. verb (transitive or with "against") To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement. “Wearing faded baggy offends against the club's rules of proper dress.”
  7. verb (obsolete, transitive, archaic, biblical) To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.

Synonyms

abuse affront burn carry cut down disrespect dis diss give stick heckle hurt someone's feelings insult lapidate qualifier misbid misrespect misuse send scandal scandalize pique transgress infract violate go against breach break shock scandalise appal

Antonyms

commend compliment flatter laud praise revere talk up

Etymology

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

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To strike against; to attack; to assail. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
  2. verb To displease; to make angry; to affront.
  3. verb To transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a crime; to stumble; to sin. Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. James ii. 10.
  4. verb To cause dislike, anger, or vexation; to displease.

Etymology [OF. offendre, L. offendere, offensum; ob (see Ob-) + fendere (in comp.) to thrust, dash. See Defend.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “offend”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “offend” (best matches first).

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