"take offense" meaning in English

See take offense in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: takes offense [present, singular, third-person], taking offense [participle, present], took offense [past], taken offense [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> offense}} take offense (third-person singular simple present takes offense, present participle taking offense, simple past took offense, past participle taken offense)
  1. To feel (and usually to show) resentment at another's actions or words. Synonyms: take umbrage, take exception, resent#Verb, take amiss, take offence Translations (to feel and possibly show resentment): wip (Afrikaans), նեղանալ (neġanal) (Armenian), խռովել (xṙovel) (Armenian), küsmək (Azerbaijani), incimək (Azerbaijani), urazit se (Czech), loukkaantua (Finnish), s’offenser (French), afrontarse (Galician), anoxarse (Galician), ofenderse (Galician), beleidigt sein (German), gekränkt sein (German), sich beleidigt fühlen (German), बुरा मानना (burā mānnā) (Hindi), रूठना (rūṭhnā) (Hindi), megsértődik (Hungarian), megbántódik (Hungarian), zokon vesz (Hungarian), rossz néven vesz (Hungarian), megorrol (Hungarian), offendersi (Italian), aversene a male (Italian), prendersela (Italian), obrażać się [imperfective] (Polish), obrazić się [perfective] (Polish), обижа́ться (obižátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), оби́деться (obídetʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), ofenderse (Spanish), ta illa upp (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
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          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
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          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
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          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
          "word": "ofenderse"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
          "word": "gekränkt sein"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
          "word": "sich beleidigt fühlen"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "burā mānnā",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
          "word": "बुरा मानना"
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          "roman": "rūṭhnā",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
          "word": "megsértődik"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
          "word": "megbántódik"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
          "word": "zokon vesz"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
          "word": "rossz néven vesz"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
          "word": "megorrol"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
          "word": "offendersi"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
          "word": "aversene a male"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
          "word": "prendersela"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "obrażać się"
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          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
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          "roman": "obižátʹsja",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
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          "roman": "obídetʹsja",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
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          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
          "word": "ofenderse"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
          "word": "ta illa upp"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
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      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
      "word": "urazit se"
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      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
      "word": "loukkaantua"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
      "word": "s’offenser"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
      "word": "afrontarse"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
      "word": "anoxarse"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
      "word": "ofenderse"
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      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
      "word": "gekränkt sein"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
      "word": "sich beleidigt fühlen"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "burā mānnā",
      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
      "word": "बुरा मानना"
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      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "rūṭhnā",
      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
      "word": "megsértődik"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
      "word": "megbántódik"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
      "word": "zokon vesz"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
      "word": "rossz néven vesz"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
      "word": "megorrol"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
      "word": "offendersi"
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      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
      "word": "aversene a male"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
      "word": "prendersela"
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      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
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      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
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      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
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      "sense": "to feel and possibly show resentment",
      "word": "ofenderse"
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