What is another word for offend?
1368 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ əfˈɛnd], [ əfˈɛnd], [ ə_f_ˈɛ_n_d]
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Similar words for offend:
- other relevant words (adjective)
- affront (noun)
- appal (noun)
- appall (noun)
- breach (noun)
- bruise (noun)
- hurt (noun)
- offend (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- abuse (verb)
- affront (verb)
- anger (verb)
- antagonize (verb)
- break (verb)
- chafe (verb)
- commit (verb)
- contravene (verb)
- disgust (verb)
- disoblige (verb)
- displease (verb)
- err (verb)
- excite (verb)
- infringe (verb)
- injure (verb)
- irritate (verb)
- miff (verb)
- misbehave (verb)
- offend (verb)
- pique (verb)
- provoke (verb)
- repel (verb)
- revolt (verb)
- scandalize (verb)
- shock (verb)
- sin (verb)
- slur (verb)
- snub (verb)
- stink (verb)
- taunt (verb)
- turn off (verb)
- vex (verb)
- violate (verb)
- wound (verb)
- wrong (verb)
- other synonyms
- chafe
- disoblige
- displease
- err
- excite
- irritate
- miff
- misbehave
- other relevant words
- revolt
- slur
- stink
- turn off
- wrong
Synonyms for Offend:
adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
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- right.
- cut,
- nettle,
- give offense,
- chagrin.
- hurt.
v.
• abuse (verb)- cut down,
- belittle,
- bash,
- derogate,
- calumniate,
- discount,
- bad-mouth,
- vituperate,
- persecute,
- berate,
- minimize,
- run down,
- oppress,
- castigate,
- smear,
- decry,
- defame,
- backbite,
- scold,
- vilify,
- cap.
- cross,
- acerbate,
- agitate,
- bait,
- infuriate,
- tempt,
- aggravate,
- seethe,
- egg on,
- bristle,
- arouse,
- enrage,
- goad,
- blow up,
- inflame,
- rave,
- umbrage,
- rankle,
- rant,
- burn,
- lose one's temper,
- madden,
- incense,
- ruffle,
- boil.
- complete,
- perpetrate,
- effectuate,
- pull off,
- accomplish,
- DO,
- carry out,
- pull,
- achieve,
- wreak,
- act,
- execute.
- hinder,
- fight,
- interfere,
- abjure,
- intrude,
- impugn,
- reject,
- encroach,
- negate,
- resist,
- Disaffirm,
- combat,
- oppose,
- gainsay,
- exclude,
- refute,
- traverse,
- thwart.
- dis-commode,
- dis commodes,
- dis-commodes,
- in convenience,
- in-convenience,
- in-conveniences,
- dis oblige,
- dis obliging,
- dis-obliges,
- dis-oblige,
- dis commode,
- puts about,
- dis-obliging,
- dis obliged,
- in-commodes,
- putting about,
- in commodes,
- in-commode,
- in commode,
- dis-obliged,
- in conveniences,
- dis obliges.
- annoy,
- disappoint,
- aggrieve,
- rile,
- disturb.
- is in error,
- are in error,
- wast error,
- are incorrect,
- make mess of,
- are inaccurate,
- are error,
- dropt ball,
- mis-calculating,
- was in error,
- went wrong,
- art incorrect,
- was inaccurate,
- mis-calculates,
- boobooing,
- flubbing,
- being incorrect,
- mis-apprehending,
- were error,
- art mistaken,
- mis calculated,
- boo-booing,
- wert inaccurate,
- mis-judging,
- being inaccurate,
- drop ball,
- were incorrect,
- were inaccurate,
- made mess of,
- bollixes,
- dropped ball,
- being in error,
- mis-calculate,
- mis apprehending,
- art inaccurate,
- dropping ball,
- wast incorrect,
- mis-judges,
- boo-booed,
- snarls up,
- boo booing,
- mis calculating,
- being mistaken,
- is mistaken,
- was error,
- mis-calculated,
- drops ball,
- mis judging,
- boo booed,
- were in error,
- making a mess of,
- mis-apprehended,
- wast in error,
- mis judged,
- wert error,
- boobooed,
- mis apprehend,
- wert incorrect,
- mis calculates,
- slipt up,
- is error,
- is incorrect,
- dropt the ball,
- wert in error,
- wast inaccurate,
- makes mess of,
- snarling up,
- is inaccurate,
- snafuing,
- mis-judged,
- am error,
- drops the ball,
- be error,
- making mess of,
- mis apprehends,
- being error,
- was incorrect,
- wast mistaken,
- makes a mess of,
- mis-apprehend,
- mis apprehended,
- mis judges,
- made a mess of,
- art in error,
- am in error,
- were mistaken,
- mis calculate,
- wert mistaken,
- mis-apprehends.
- dis-composing,
- feeding fire,
- in-cited,
- ex-cites,
- fed fire,
- de-lights,
- feeding the fire,
- de-lighted,
- de-lighting,
- de lighted,
- in-cite,
- dis composes,
- de lights,
- in duce,
- de light,
- dis composed,
- dis-composed,
- in cites,
- ex citing,
- in-duces,
- ex-cited,
- ex-citing,
- ex cited,
- dis composing,
- fed the fire,
- touched off,
- wakes up,
- touches off,
- de-light,
- ex cite,
- in duces,
- feeds fire,
- feed fire,
- dis-compose,
- ex cites,
- in-duce,
- dis compose,
- feeds the fire,
- ex-cite,
- de lighting,
- dis-composes,
- in cite.
- drave up wall,
- dis-tempered,
- drove the wall,
- driving wall,
- dis tempers,
- drave wall,
- drive up wall,
- driving up the wall,
- drove wall,
- drives up wall,
- driving the wall,
- drive wall,
- drove up wall,
- dis-temper,
- driving up wall,
- rub wrong way,
- dis tempering,
- drives up the wall,
- drives wall,
- dis temper,
- drove up the wall,
- dis-tempering,
- dis tempered,
- drave up the wall,
- dis-tempers,
- drives the wall,
- drive the wall,
- drave the wall.
- wast fault,
- am out line,
- mis-behaved,
- is out order,
- gat in to mischief,
- is bad,
- am fault,
- am out order,
- was bad,
- wast reprehensible,
- was mischievous,
- are guilty,
- doeth evil,
- was guilty,
- mis behaving,
- taking a wrong turn,
- art out order,
- wert out of line,
- dost evil,
- is reprehensible,
- were dissolute,
- was at fault,
- mis-behaving,
- art out line,
- is out of order,
- is at fault,
- mis-behave,
- are fault,
- mis behaved,
- am dissolute,
- mis-conducts,
- is dissolute,
- are bad,
- art reprehensible,
- wert out line,
- didst wrong,
- wast mischievous,
- bend law,
- mis conducting,
- gat into mischief,
- were fault,
- art mischievous,
- art indecorous,
- art guilty,
- are out order,
- wert at fault,
- were out line,
- taking wrong turn,
- be out line,
- getting into mischief,
- art bad,
- art out of line,
- are insubordinate,
- got in to mischief,
- being dissolute,
- were indecorous,
- making trouble,
- mis conducts,
- takes wrong turn,
- makes trouble,
- bended law,
- wert guilty,
- mis-behaves,
- wert out of order,
- were mischievous,
- doth evil,
- sowing wild oats,
- be out order,
- wast indecorous,
- being out of line,
- am immoral,
- gets in to mischief,
- wast out line,
- are at fault,
- was fault,
- were out of line,
- gotten into mischief,
- art out of order,
- are out of line,
- wast insubordinate,
- gets into mischief,
- being immoral,
- take wrong turn,
- is out line,
- being at fault,
- is indecorous,
- is fault,
- is guilty,
- sows wild oats,
- mis-conduct,
- wast dissolute,
- sowed wild oats,
- bended the law,
- was out of order,
- is out of line,
- wast immoral,
- being indecorous,
- bending the law,
- are reprehensible,
- were reprehensible,
- was out line,
- am reprehensible,
- got into mischief,
- bends law,
- wert reprehensible,
- was insubordinate,
- am out of line,
- wert indecorous,
- were guilty,
- be fault,
- wert out order,
- are indecorous,
- bent the law,
- wert mischievous,
- takes a wrong turn,
- mis-conducted,
- were immoral,
- being fault,
- took a wrong turn,
- wert fault,
- wert dissolute,
- am out of order,
- being out line,
- wast guilty,
- wert insubordinate,
- wast out order,
- did evil,
- wast bad,
- art immoral,
- wert bad,
- were bad,
- was out of line,
- art at fault,
- being out of order,
- being insubordinate,
- were out of order,
- wast at fault,
- is mischievous,
- am at fault,
- was dissolute,
- bends the law,
- doest evil,
- bending law,
- art insubordinate,
- are out of order,
- is insubordinate,
- was out order,
- was reprehensible,
- mis conduct,
- are out line,
- getting in to mischief,
- doest wrong,
- were out order,
- get in to mischief,
- were insubordinate,
- bent law,
- am bad,
- were at fault,
- being guilty,
- is immoral,
- didst evil,
- wast out of line,
- being bad,
- does evil,
- art fault,
- was indecorous,
- wast out of order,
- doeth wrong,
- made trouble,
- am guilty,
- gotten in to mischief,
- being out order,
- mis behaves,
- roughhoused,
- mis-conducting,
- being mischievous,
- took wrong turn,
- dost wrong,
- was immoral,
- wert immoral,
- doth wrong,
- are dissolute,
- doing evil,
- are immoral,
- mis conducted,
- mis behave.
- outrage,
- exasperate,
- pain,
- be disagreeable,
- trespass,
- zing,
- horrify,
- repulse,
- upset,
- sting,
- distress,
- fret,
- turn one off,
- disgruntle.
- getting rise out of,
- gave a hard time,
- giving business,
- gave the business,
- gives business,
- gat rise out of,
- get rise out of,
- gave business,
- give hard time,
- got a rise out of,
- getting a rise out of,
- firing up,
- got rise out of,
- gets rise out of,
- gotten rise out of,
- gives a hard time,
- gives hard time,
- gat a rise out of,
- made waves,
- give business,
- giving the business,
- giving hard time,
- gives the business,
- gotten a rise out of,
- gets a rise out of,
- making waves.
- get under one skin,
- making blood boil,
- tries ones patience,
- trying one patience,
- try ones patience,
- tries one patience,
- work in to lather,
- makes blood boil,
- try one patience,
- get under ones skin,
- tries patience,
- sets on,
- tried patience,
- trying patience,
- working into lather,
- works in to lather,
- wrought in to lather,
- tries one's patience,
- works into lather,
- tried one's patience,
- worked into lather,
- worked in to lather,
- tried ones patience,
- try patience,
- trying one's patience,
- setting on,
- trying ones patience,
- tried one patience,
- working in to lather,
- wrought into lather,
- made blood boil.
- gave pain neck,
- gave a pain neck,
- gives pain in neck,
- gave a pain in neck,
- give a pain neck,
- giving a pain neck,
- give pain neck,
- gives a pain neck,
- gives a pain in neck,
- giving pain in neck,
- gives pain neck,
- giving pain neck,
- giving a pain in neck,
- give pain in neck,
- gave pain in neck.
- threw a curve,
- hits like ton bricks,
- dis quieted,
- un-settling,
- dis-mays,
- un settles,
- dis may,
- over-comes,
- throwing a curve,
- over come,
- over-whelm,
- dis quieting,
- un-settled,
- giving turn,
- dis-quiets,
- throws a curve,
- throwing curve,
- dis mayed,
- threw curve,
- dis mays,
- dis quiets,
- over-coming,
- over whelmed,
- throw curve,
- over whelm,
- over whelming,
- over coming,
- un settle,
- dis-quieting,
- un settling,
- dis quiet,
- throws curve,
- dis-may,
- give turn,
- giving a turn,
- dis-mayed,
- gave turn,
- gives turn,
- over-whelms,
- un settled,
- dis-quiet,
- over whelms,
- over comes,
- dis-quieted,
- gave a turn,
- hit like ton bricks,
- over-whelmed,
- gives a turn,
- un-settle,
- dis maying,
- dis-maying,
- over-whelming,
- hits like ton of bricks,
- hitting like ton bricks,
- hitting like ton of bricks.
- breaks law,
- wallowed the mire,
- committed crime,
- lives in sin,
- brake commandment,
- took the primrose path,
- wallowing mire,
- wallowing in mire,
- falling from grace,
- live sin,
- breaks commandment,
- brake law,
- lived in sin,
- wallowing in the mire,
- lived sin,
- wallow in mire,
- wallowing the mire,
- breaking law,
- took primrose path,
- broke commandment,
- wallow the mire,
- broke law,
- wallowed mire,
- taking the primrose path,
- lives sin,
- wallows the mire,
- wallows in the mire,
- wallowed in the mire,
- takes primrose path,
- falls from grace,
- living in sin,
- breaking commandment,
- wallows in mire,
- wallowed in mire,
- wallow mire,
- committing crime,
- takes the primrose path,
- commits crime,
- wallows mire,
- take primrose path,
- living sin,
- fell from grace,
- taking primrose path.
- kicks teeth,
- in sinuating,
- dis credited,
- slaps in face,
- dis gracing,
- slapping in face,
- de tract,
- kicking in teeth,
- slap face,
- in-sinuating,
- kicking teeth,
- dis crediting,
- slaps face,
- in sinuates,
- dis-credits,
- slapped in face,
- slapped face,
- de tracts,
- kicks the teeth,
- de-tracts,
- dis credits,
- kicking in the teeth,
- kicked in the teeth,
- skins alive,
- kicked in teeth,
- kicked teeth,
- kick the teeth,
- slapped the face,
- dis-crediting,
- slapping in the face,
- dis credit,
- slapped in the face,
- dis grace,
- dis-graces,
- in sinuated,
- dis graced,
- dis-graced,
- in sinuate,
- kicks in the teeth,
- slapping face,
- dis-credit,
- kicked the teeth,
- kick teeth,
- dis-credited,
- dis-grace,
- slaps in the face,
- kicking the teeth,
- dis-gracing,
- slapping the face,
- de-tract,
- dis graces,
- kicks in teeth,
- in-sinuate,
- slaps the face,
- in-sinuates.
- up stages,
- giving brush,
- looking right through,
- iced out,
- up staged,
- putting chill on,
- re-buffing,
- re buffs,
- acted cool,
- puts chill on,
- puts the chill on,
- up-stages,
- gave the brush,
- up staging,
- snobbed,
- re buffing,
- cutting dead,
- acts cool,
- up-stage,
- up-staging,
- looking coldly upon,
- cuts dead,
- passing up,
- gave brush,
- give brush,
- passes up,
- giving the brush,
- re buffed,
- looks right through,
- looking coldly up on,
- putting the chill on,
- not give time day,
- icing out,
- look coldly up on,
- gives the brush,
- snobbing,
- looked coldly up on,
- up-staged,
- re-buffs,
- re buff,
- up stage,
- looked right through,
- looked coldly upon,
- ices out,
- looks coldly up on,
- acting cool,
- re-buffed,
- looks coldly upon,
- gives brush.
- wast rotten,
- haddest odor,
- is rotten,
- hadst odor,
- having odor,
- stank high heaven,
- stunk high heaven,
- stinks high heaven,
- am offensive,
- smells up,
- smelt up,
- wert rotten,
- being rotten,
- were offensive,
- was offensive,
- stinking to high heaven,
- art rotten,
- are offensive,
- were rotten,
- having an odor,
- is offensive,
- are rotten,
- smelling up,
- being offensive,
- had an odor,
- smelled up,
- hadst an odor,
- stinking high heaven,
- re-eked,
- have odor,
- stank to high heaven,
- re-eking,
- has odor,
- hast an odor,
- haddest an odor,
- was rotten,
- hast odor,
- wert offensive,
- stunk to high heaven,
- stink high heaven,
- wast offensive,
- hath odor,
- hath an odor,
- has an odor,
- re eked,
- am rotten,
- stinks to high heaven,
- re eking,
- had odor.
- swipes at,
- scoffs at,
- de rides,
- de-rides,
- de riding,
- swiping at,
- swiped at,
- scoffing at,
- de-riding,
- de-ride,
- de ride.
- dis-interesting,
- dis interested,
- dis-interests,
- losing interest,
- losing ones interest,
- lost interest,
- dis interesting,
- dis-interested,
- loses interest,
- lose one interest,
- dis interest,
- lost one interest,
- loses one interest,
- dis interests,
- losing one's interest,
- lost one's interest,
- loses ones interest,
- lost ones interest,
- loses one's interest,
- lose ones interest,
- losing one interest,
- dis-interest.
- get ones hair,
- getting hair,
- grates on,
- art at,
- de-press,
- de-presses,
- ticking off,
- gat one's hair,
- gets hair,
- get in ones hair,
- de pressing,
- ticks off,
- gotten one hair,
- gotten in ones hair,
- gets ones hair,
- gat one hair,
- getting one's hair,
- gat in ones hair,
- are at,
- getting in ones hair,
- giving a bad time,
- getting in one's hair,
- getting one hair,
- gets one's hair,
- de press,
- gives a bad time,
- gat in hair,
- gets one hair,
- got in hair,
- got hair,
- gets in hair,
- is at,
- gave a bad time,
- gat ones hair,
- de pressed,
- getting in hair,
- got in one's hair,
- getting in one hair,
- get in one hair,
- am at,
- de-pressing,
- wert at,
- gat in one hair,
- giving bad time,
- de-pressed,
- grated on,
- got in one hair,
- got ones hair,
- gives bad time,
- gotten hair,
- gotten in one's hair,
- gotten in one hair,
- gets in one's hair,
- gotten in hair,
- gat hair,
- got in ones hair,
- gotten ones hair,
- gave bad time,
- gotten one's hair,
- got one hair,
- got one's hair,
- grating on,
- wast at,
- give bad time,
- was at,
- get one hair,
- get one's hair,
- get hair,
- gets in ones hair,
- were at,
- being at,
- gat in one's hair,
- gets in one hair,
- getting ones hair,
- de presses.
- sacrileging,
- pro-fane,
- with stand,
- with standing,
- pro-fanes,
- with-stand,
- with-standing,
- with-stands,
- with stood,
- with stands,
- pro fanes,
- trampling on,
- pro fane,
- sacrileged,
- tramples on,
- trampled on.
- dis-tresses,
- dis tresses,
- hurting one feelings,
- hurting one's feelings,
- dis-tress,
- hurts one feelings,
- hurts one's feelings,
- hurts ones feelings,
- hurts feelings,
- hurting ones feelings,
- dis tressed,
- hurting feelings,
- dis tress,
- dis-tressed,
- hurt ones feelings,
- hurt one feelings.
- imposing up on,
- dis honors,
- dis-honoring,
- dis-honored,
- mis represents,
- mis-represented,
- impose up on,
- mis represent,
- mis represented,
- imposed up on,
- mis treating,
- mis-treats,
- dis honoring,
- mis-treat,
- mis representing,
- mis treat,
- ill treat,
- mis treats,
- dis honor,
- imposing upon,
- mis-treated,
- dis-honor,
- mis-represents,
- dis-honors,
- mis treated,
- dis honored,
- mis-representing,
- imposes up on,
- mis-represent.
Other synonyms:
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- fling,
- derogate from.
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- jack up.
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- default.
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- turn.
- dropped the ball,
- go astray,
- goof,
- booboos,
- drop the ball,
- be mistaken,
- goes astray,
- going wrong,
- bollixing,
- snafued,
- went astray,
- snarl up,
- make a mess of,
- slips up,
- slipping up,
- going astray,
- snarled up,
- boo-boos,
- be incorrect,
- slipped up,
- goes wrong,
- boo-boo,
- be in error,
- bollixed,
- slip up,
- booboo,
- flubbed,
- go wrong,
- dropping the ball,
- bollix,
- was mistaken,
- be inaccurate,
- muff.
- be bad,
- doing wrong,
- be insubordinate,
- roughhouse,
- be indecorous,
- does wrong,
- roughhousing,
- take a wrong turn,
- be guilty,
- be out of order,
- be at fault,
- do wrong,
- being reprehensible,
- misconducted,
- get into mischief,
- be immoral,
- be reprehensible,
- did wrong,
- make trouble,
- be dissolute,
- be out of line,
- be mischievous,
- do evil,
- bend the law,
- misconducting,
- sow wild oats.
- tick off,
- commit crime,
- fires up,
- dump on,
- be at,
- dispraise,
- neutralize,
- jarring,
- ridden,
- break law,
- turn one's stomach,
- cloy on,
- break commandment,
- gall,
- look right through,
- burn up,
- disgust,
- Trashed,
- burned up,
- raising hell,
- breached,
- offend,
- chafe,
- scoff at,
- rag on,
- excite,
- pulling,
- traumatize,
- look coldly upon,
- gooses,
- throw a curve,
- offend morals of,
- jouncing,
- reviled,
- Infracted,
- get mad,
- cuss out,
- passed up,
- wound,
- Dispraising,
- signify,
- obtrude,
- badmouth,
- Repulsing,
- swipe at,
- commit,
- tore apart,
- infringe,
- tremoring,
- makes waves,
- running down,
- renege on,
- stir up,
- make sick,
- dispraises,
- swear at,
- act cool,
- torn apart,
- Enacting,
- tear apart,
- stirs up,
- make sore,
- goosed,
- Slammed,
- err,
- live in sin,
- embitter,
- give a turn,
- pique,
- gross out,
- take the primrose path,
- wounded,
- ice out,
- disenchant,
- give a pain in neck,
- violate,
- boiling over,
- Perpetrated,
- Reluct,
- Jounced,
- raise hell,
- do a number on,
- cut to the quick,
- Burring,
- sin,
- cut dead,
- Transgressed,
- tamper with,
- get a rise out of,
- pick on,
- hurt one's feelings,
- Vilified,
- steamed up,
- go out for,
- scoffed at,
- goosing,
- fire up,
- abuse,
- grate on,
- sling mud,
- contravene,
- in flames,
- nag,
- Dispraised,
- shock,
- pass up,
- scandalize,
- burred,
- going for broke,
- get in hair,
- affront,
- Blackguarded,
- hurl brickbat,
- steam up,
- tremored,
- Blackguarding,
- slur,
- not give time of day,
- stew,
- give the brush,
- get on one's nerves,
- turn off,
- give the business,
- revile,
- misbehave,
- Nettles,
- slap,
- Breaching,
- tampered with,
- tearing apart,
- up set,
- give a black eye,
- upbraid,
- be little,
- repel,
- irritate,
- interpose,
- lose temper,
- give a zinger,
- spurn,
- give black eye,
- make blood boil,
- dumped on,
- exacerbate,
- do number on,
- louting,
- get in one's hair,
- steaming up,
- make waves,
- sicken,
- hit like ton of bricks,
- stirring up,
- overstep,
- wallow in the mire,
- revolt,
- Fretting,
- iced,
- Struggled,
- Pirated,
- be repulsive,
- tampering with,
- tampers with,
- vex,
- disenchants,
- wobble,
- rip up,
- sacrilege,
- Pirating,
- reproach,
- antagonize,
- fill with loathing,
- zinging,
- give a bad time,
- snub,
- put the chill on,
- make one sick,
- set on,
- go for broke,
- infract,
- try one's patience,
- put off,
- anger,
- Infracting,
- repudiate,
- wiggle,
- put chill on,
- stirred up,
- hurt feelings,
- break,
- louted,
- trample on,
- provoke,
- nauseate,
- jar,
- boil over,
- pirate,
- wrong,
- ticked off,
- taunt,
- put down,
- burning up,
- enact,
- stink,
- hit where one lives,
- disoblige,
- displease,
- conflict with,
- disenchanting,
- work into lather,
- go in for,
- work against,
- encounter,
- grossed out,
- blow off,
- transgress.
How to use "Offend" in context?
Offend is a term that refers to the feeling of being offended. It is a cognitive state in which a person views a situation as hostile or offensive. Offend can occur when someone is exposed to something that triggers an emotional response that goes beyond the average response to the situation. Someone can be offended by the language or content of a message, the dress or behavior of someone else, or the environment in which they are living.
Offense can be intentional or unintentional. Intentional offense happens when someone chooses to act in a way that is meant to provoke an emotional response that goes beyond the average response to the situation.
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Verb, base form
affect, breach, contradict, contravene, disturb, endanger, hurt, impair, injure, jeopardize, prejudice, shock, undermine, wound, Contravened, breaches.
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