verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
offend...susceptibilities
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I knew I would have to be careful not to offend their susceptibilities .
offend/wound sb’s sensibilities
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Avoid using words that might offend someone’s racial or moral sensibilities.
the offending item (= something that is causing a problem – often used humorously )
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Replacement of the offending item should solve the problem.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
again
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If they offend again , lock them up and throw away the key.
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He is almost certain to offend again if not caught, because paedophilia is a sickness.
deeply
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Some people may find rude jokes funny but others may be deeply offended .
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Criticized to his very marrow, I knew that Pierluigi would be deeply offended .
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Yet, if I did so, he was deeply offended .
■ NOUN
people
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I have discovered that it offends people if you challenge this sort of remark.
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Nor does he worry about offending people with his provocative images.
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But I didn't offend people .
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At least, it offends some people .
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This is why it may offend some people .
sensibility
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Like all artistes, he is a sensitive man and you never offend his sensibilities .
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Politicians have perceived little gain in granting petitions for something that offends the sensibilities of a significant number of the heterosexual majority.
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They couldn't all just reject facts because they offended their sensibilities .
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Even the mayonnaise has no egg in it, so as not to offend vegan sensibilities .
susceptibilities
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Working-class leisure offended the susceptibilities of their betters.
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Mosques, bathhouses, roofs - you could offend some one's susceptibilities by searching any of them.
■ VERB
feel
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Now Prince Richard was no longer an imaginary distant idol and Victoria felt offended by Suzie's sudden fawning fascination.
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We feel offended , very hurt.
mean
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That probably means it will offend the few and rip off the many.
want
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Because he didn't want to offend his mum and dad, devout Catholics.
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Shivering, I closed the blinds more tightly -- wanted no offending sun yet, despite its potential for heat.
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The servants did not want to offend their young master, and Mrs Reed could see no fault in her dear boy.
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So decide which group of arrogant ignoramuses you want to offend with it.
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However, I do not want to offend my local church organist by asking her to step down.
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Not wanting to offend her friend.
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I don't want to offend my fisher friends, but is it still worthwhile?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the offending ...
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He didn't speak during the meeting for fear of saying something that might offend .
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He is a sensitive man, and it not difficult to offend his sensibilities.
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Jenny felt confused by Matt's behavior - had she done something to offend him?
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She stopped mid-sentence, anxious not to offend him.
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Some people are offended by swearing on television.
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The parole board felt that Harris was unlikely to offend again.
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The programme contains scenes that my offend older viewers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Because these would offend canons of justice which find acceptance among a large proportion of the population.
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Garbage blowing on the sidewalk would offend them as much as would a dully designed highrise.
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He stood immobile, and I wondered if I had said something to offend him.
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I wondered if I had offended him in some way.
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If Montrose openly endorsed Kirkton, and carried his re-election, he might gravely offend some of his own friends.
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The risk was that I would offend the equity department, which would then try to have me fired.