| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Something that offends one's sense of propriety, fairness, or justice: crime, offense, sin. See RIGHT. 2. An act that offends a person's sense of pride or dignity: affront, contumely, despite, indignity, insult, offense, slight. Idioms: slap in the face. See ATTACK. 3. A monstrous offense or evil: atrocity, enormity, monstrosity. See RIGHT. | | VERB: | 1. To cause resentment or hurt by callous, rude behavior: affront, huff, insult, miff, offend, pique. Idioms: add insult to injury, give offense to. See ATTACK, PAIN. 2. To do a wrong to; treat unjustly: aggrieve, oppress, persecute, wrong. See RIGHT.
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