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单词 offendable
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offendableadj.

Brit. /əˈfɛndəbl/, U.S. /əˈfɛndəb(ə)l/
Forms: see offend v. and -able suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: offend v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < offend v. + -able suffix. Compare earlier unoffendable adj.
Capable of being or liable to be offended.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > touchiness > [adjective]
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pepper-nosed1580
ticklish1581
touchy1602
sensible1613
touchousa1618
tender1641
tickly1661
indigestive1670
snuffy1678
huffy1680
snuffish1689
sorea1694
mifty1699
resentive1710
sensitive1735
uppish1778
miffish1790
miffy1810
stomachy1825
porcupinish1829
insultable1841
offensible1846
highty-tighty1847
prickly1853
fuffy1858
piquable1860
offendable1864
raw1864
ear-sore1865
uffish1871
porcupiny1890
feisty1896
ticklish-tempered1897
toey1930
1864 C. G. Leland tr. H. Heine Songs 82 Every one bored me with bow or salaam, They wondered to find me so very offendable.
1868 A. Helps Realmah (1876) xvii. 482 I am the least offendable of mortal men.
1916 F. von Hügel German Soul 148 The German is indeed considerably more..offendible..than is the Englishman.
1991 T. J. Saunders Plato's Penal Code 302 The fundamental popular conception of them [sc. the gods] as personal, offendable, and placable persons.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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