offending

The word “offending” has 3 syllables: of-fend-ing

It's pronounced as /əˈfɛndɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for offending?

In the thesaurus, “offending” has 262 synonyms and 85 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for offending along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for offending

abasing
aberrant
abhorrent
abusive
accusable
affronting
annoying
backsliding
behind
biting
blamable
blameworthy
blowing off
breaching
breaking
breaking the law
calumniatory
careless
caught
censurable
censured
chargeable
coarse
condemned
conscience-stricken
contemptuous
contravening
contrite
contumelious
convictable
convicted
criminal
crude
culpable
cutting
damaging
damned
debasing
defamatory
defaming
defaultant
defying
delinquent
denigrating
depraved
depreciative
derelict
derogative
despicable
despiteful
detestable
detractive
deviating
devious
dirty
disagreeable
discourteous
disdainful
disgracing
dishonoring
dismissing
disobeying
disparaging
displeasing
disregardful
disregarding
disrespecting
dissing
distasteful
distressing
disturbing
doomed
dreadful
drifting
embarrassing
errable
erratic
erring
evil
fallible
falling
falling from grace
felonious
filthy
flouting
foul
foulmouthed
fracturing
ghastly
grisly
gross
guilty
hangdog
hateful
heretic
hideous
horrible
horrid
humiliating
hurting
ignoring
immoderate
impeached
impertinent
in arrears
in error
in the wrong
incriminated
indecent
infamous
infringing
iniquitous
injuring
injurious
insolent
insulting
intemperate
invective
invidious
irritating
jeering
judged
lapsing
lax
lewd
liable
libeling
libelling
libellous
libelous
licentious
low
malevolent
malicious
malign
malignant
maligning
meandering
messing up
miffing
misbehaving
mischievous
miscreant
mocking
nasty
naughty
nauseating
neglectful
neglecting
negligent
notorious
objectionable
obnoxious
obscene
odious
off straight and narrow
off-color
offensive
oppressing
opprobrious
out of line
outrageous
outraging
overlooking
overpassing
paining
passing over
pejorative
persecuting
pooh-poohing
poohing
potty-mouthed
procrastinating
proscribed
rambling
ranging
raunchy
rebelling
red-handed
regretful
remiss
remorseful
repellent
reprehensible
reproaching
repugnant
repulsive
resisting
responsible
reviling
revolting
ribald
ridiculing
roaming
rotten
roving
rude
rueful
salacious
scabrous
scandalous
scornful
scorning
scurril
scurrile
scurrilous
sentenced
shabby
shameless
shaming
sheepish
shifting
shocking
shrugging off
sinful
sinning
slack
slandering
slanderous
slapping
slighting
slurring
smearing
smutty
snubbing
sorry
spiteful
stinking
stray
straying
tardy
taunting
terrible
tormenting
torturing
traducing
transgressing
trespassing
troubling
truculent
tuning out
unbridled
uncivil
unmannerly
unorthodox
unreliable
unrestrained
upsetting
vile
vilifying
violating
vitriolic
vituperative
vituperatory
vituperous
vulgar
wandering
wayward
wicked
withstanding
wounding
wrong

Antonyms for offending

acclaiming
adulating
agreeable
applauding
approving
attending
behaving
careful
civil
clean
commending
complimentary
complimenting
correct
courteous
decent
defending
defensive
deferential
delightful
delighting
discreet
encomiastic
eulogizing
exalting
flattering
following
forgiving
glorifying
good
gracious
gratifying
guarding
guiltless
hailing
hearing
heeding
honest
honoring
immune
innocent
irresponsible
judicious
justifying
kind
laudative
laudatory
mannerly
marking
minding
moderate
moral
nice
normal
noticing
noting
obeying
observing
pardoning
pleasant
pleasing
polite
praiseful
praising
punctual
pure
regarding
regretting
repenting
respectful
responsible
right
righteous
ruing
satisfying
serving
sinless
soothing
sweet-talking
temperate
tempered
truthful
upright
watching
welcome

Meanings of offending

verb
1. To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
2. To feel or become offended; to take insult.
3. To physically harm, pain.
4. To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
5. To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
6. To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.
7. To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
noun
1. The act of committing an offence.
adjective
1. Responsible; to be blamed.

Example Sentences

His careless remarks ended up offending several people at the party.She apologized for offending him with her insensitive comments.
The company is taking steps to prevent any offending behavior in the workplace.
They were warned about the potential consequences of offending their clients.
The movie was criticized for offending certain cultural groups.

On this page you'll find 347 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to offending, such as: abasing, aberrant, abhorrent, abusive, acclaiming, accusable, adulating.

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