offender

of·fend

O0037900 (ə-fĕnd′)v. of·fend·ed, of·fend·ing, of·fends v.tr.1. To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in: We were offended by his tasteless jokes.2. To be displeasing or disagreeable to: Onions offend my sense of smell.v.intr.1. To result in displeasure: Bad manners may offend.2. a. To violate a moral or divine law; sin.b. To violate a rule or law: offended against the curfew.

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[Middle English offenden, from Old French offendre, from Latin offendere; see g^when- in Indo-European roots.]

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of·fend′er n.Synonyms: offend, insult, affront, outrage
These verbs mean to cause resentment, humiliation, or hurt. To offend is to cause displeasure, wounded feelings, or repugnance in another: "He often offended men who might have been useful friends" (John Lothrop Motley).
Insult implies gross insensitivity, insolence, or contemptuous rudeness: "My father had insulted her by refusing to come to our wedding" (James Carroll).
To affront is to insult openly, usually intentionally: "He continued to belabor the poor woman in a studied effort to affront his hated chieftain" (Edgar Rice Burroughs).
Outrage implies the flagrant violation of a person's integrity, pride, or sense of right and decency: "He revered the men and women who transformed this piece of grassland into a great city, and he was outraged by the attacks on their reputation" (James S. Hirsch).

Thesaurus

Noun

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offender - a person who transgresses moral or civil lawwrongdoerabuser, maltreater - someone who abusesaggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker - someone who attacksbad person - a person who does harm to othersbarrater, barrator - someone guilty of barratryconvict - a person who has been convicted of a criminal offensebeguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not truedelinquent, juvenile delinquent - a young offenderdefector, deserter - a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)ganef, ganof, gonif, goniff - (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)transgressor - someone who transgresses; someone who violates a law or command; "the way of transgressors is hard"malfeasant - one guilty of malfeasancemolester - someone who subjects others to unwanted or improper sexual activitiesnonattender, no-show, truant - someone who shirks dutyculprit, perpetrator - someone who perpetrates wrongdoingprincipal - (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvementbackslider, reversionist, recidivist - someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behaviormiscreant, reprobate - a person without moral scruplesshark - a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonestpettifogger, shyster - a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methodsevildoer, sinner - a person who sins (without repenting)supplanter, usurper - one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of anotherwar criminal - an offender who violates international law during times of war

offender

noun criminal, convict, con (slang), crook, lag (slang), villain, culprit, sinner, delinquent, felon, jailbird, wrongdoer, miscreant, malefactor, evildoer, transgressor, lawbreaker Sex offenders often attack again when they are released.

offender

nounOne who commits a crime:criminal, lawbreaker, malefactor.Law: felon.

Translations

罪犯

offend

(əˈfend) verb1. to make feel upset or angry. If you don't go to her party she will be offended; His criticism offended her. 傷害...感情 伤害...感情2. to be unpleasant or disagreeable. Cigarette smoke offends me. 使不舒服 使不舒服ofˈfence , (American) ofˈfense noun1. (any cause of) anger, displeasure, hurt feelings etc. That rubbish dump is an offence to the eye. 觸怒 触怒2. a crime. The police charged him with several offences. 罪過 罪过ofˈfender noun a person who offends, especially against the law. 罪犯 罪犯ofˈfensive (-siv) adjective1. insulting. offensive remarks. 冒犯 冒犯2. disgusting. an offensive smell. 令人討厭的 令人讨厌的3. used to attack. an offensive weapon. 進攻性的 进攻性的 noun an attack. They launched an offensive against the invading army. 進攻 进攻ofˈfensively adverb 令人不快地，無禮地 令人不快地，无礼地 ofˈfensiveness noun 進攻 进攻be on the offensive to be making an attack. She always expects people to criticize her and so she is always on the offensive. 處於進攻狀態 处于进攻状态take offence (with at) to be offended (by something). He took offence at what she said. 因某事而生氣 因某事而生气