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offense - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | offense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violation, trespass |
| Synonyms: | breach, crime, delinquency, fault, infraction, lapse, malfeasance, misdeed, misdemeanor, peccadillo, sin, transgression, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Antonyms: | obedience |
| Main Entry: | offense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult, displeasure |
| Synonyms: | affront, aggression, assault, attack, battery, black eye*, blitz*, dig*, harm, hit*, hurt, indignation, indignity, injury, injustice, left-handed compliment*, onset, onslaught, outrage, push*, put-down*, slam*, slight, snub, assailment, blitzkrieg, dirty dig, mugging, slap in the face, zinger |
| Antonyms: | kindness, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | offense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger, hard feelings |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, displeasure, explosion, fit, flare-up*, huff, indignation, ire, miff, needle*, outburst, pique, resentment, scene, tantrum, umbrage, wrath, conniption, tizzy, wounded feelings |
| Antonyms: | happiness, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affront |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | an insult |
| Synonyms: | abuse, indignity, injury, left-handed compliment*, offense, outrage, provocation, put-down*, slap*, slight, slur, vexation, wrong, backhanded compliment, brickbat, dirty deed, slap in the face |
| Notes: | effrontery means shameless boldness or insulting presumptuousness while an affront is a deliberately offensive act or open insult |
| Antonyms: | appeasement, compliment, pleasantry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | default |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure; want |
| Synonyms: | absence, blemish, blunder, dearth, defect, deficiency, delinquency, dereliction, disregard, error, fault, imperfection, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, miss, neglect, nonpayment, offense, omission, oversight, privation, shortcoming, slight, transgression, vice, weakness, wrongdoing, overlooking |
| Antonyms: | advantage, payment, perfection, satisfaction, success |
| Main Entry: | delinquency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misconduct |
| Synonyms: | crime, default, dereliction, failure, fault, lapse, misbehavior, misdeed, misdemeanor, neglect, offense, oversight, weakness, wrongdoing, nonfeasance, nonobservance |
| Antonyms: | good behavior |
| Main Entry: | dishonor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of shame |
| Synonyms: | abasement, abuse, affront, blame, degradation, discourtesy, discredit, disfavor, disgrace, disrepute, ignominy, indignity, infamy, insult, obloquy, odium, offense, opprobrium, outrage, reproach, scandal, slight, disesteem |
| Antonyms: | credit, esteem, honor |
| Main Entry: | dislike |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | antagonism, hatred toward something |
| Synonyms: | animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, detestation, disapproval, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, displeasure, dissatisfaction, distaste, enmity, hostility, indisposition, loathing, objection, offense, opposition, prejudice, repugnance, deprecation, disapprobation, disesteem |
| Antonyms: | approval, like, liking, love |
| Main Entry: | displeasure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unhappiness, anger |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, aversion, disapproval, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, dissatisfaction, distaste, indignation, indisposition, irritation, offense, pique, resentment, umbrage, vexation, wrath, disapprobation, discontentment, disgruntlement, disliking, disrelish, incensement |
| Antonyms: | calm, composure, delight, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | error |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mistake; wrong |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, blunder, boner*, delinquency, delusion, deviation, erratum, failure, fall, fallacy, falsehood, falsity, fault, faux pas, flaw, glitch, goof*, inaccuracy, lapse, misconception, miscue, misdeed, miss, misstep, misunderstanding, offense, omission, oversight, sin, slight, slip, slipup, solecism, stumble, transgression, trespass, untruth, wrongdoing, X*, bad job, boo-boo, howler, misapprehension, misbelief, miscalculation, misjudgment, mismanagement, screamer, screw-up |
| Antonyms: | accuracy, certainty, correction, right, truth, validity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | faux pas |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social error |
| Synonyms: | blooper*, blooper, blunder, botch, breach, break, bungle, error, flop, flub*, gaffe*, gaffe, goof*, hash, impropriety, indiscretion, mess, misconduct, misstep, mistake, offense, oversight, slip, solecism, transgression, blunder in etiquette, boo-boo, colossal blunder, foul-up, gaucherie, indecorum, mess-up, misjudgment, social blunder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | felony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crime |
| Synonyms: | arson, assault, burglary, foul play, murder, offense, rape, robbery, violation, wrongdoing, criminal offense |
| Main Entry: | foul |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | infraction |
| Synonyms: | breach, encroachment, error, faux pas, infringement, offense, slip*, violation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guilt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blame; bad conscience over responsibility |
| Synonyms: | contrition, crime, delinquency, dereliction, disgrace, dishonor, error, failing, fault, indiscretion, infamy, iniquity, lapse, liability, malfeasance, malpractice, misbehavior, misconduct, misstep, offense, onus, penitence, regret, remorse, responsibility, shame, sin, slip, solecism, stigma, transgression, wickedness, wrong, answerability, blameworthiness, criminality, culpability, malefaction, peccability, self-condemnation, self-reproach, sinfulness |
| Antonyms: | innocence |
| Main Entry: | huff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad mood |
| Synonyms: | anger, annoyance, dudgeon, miff, offense, passion, perturbation, pet*, pique, rage, stew*, temper, tiff, umbrage, snit |
| Antonyms: | delight, happiness, good mood |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indecency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obscenity, vulgarity |
| Synonyms: | coarseness, drunkenness, evil, impropriety, impurity, incivility, lewdness, offense, pornography, bawdiness, crudity, foulness, grossness, immodesty, indecorum, indelicacy, licentiousness, outrageousness, ribaldry, smuttiness, unseemliness, vileness |
| Antonyms: | chastity, decency, modesty, purity, virtue, cleanness |
| Main Entry: | infraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violation |
| Synonyms: | breach, breaking, crime, error, faux pas, infringement, lapse, offense, sin, slip*, transgression, trespass, contravention |
| Antonyms: | obedience |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | iniquity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sin, evil |
| Synonyms: | abomination, baseness, crime, infamy, injustice, misdeed, offense, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing, evildoing, heinousness, immorality, miscreancy, sinfulness, unfairness, unrighteousness |
| Antonyms: | good, goodness, virtue |
| Main Entry: | injustice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unfair treatment; bias |
| Synonyms: | abuse, breach, crime, damage, discrimination, encroachment, favoritism, grievance, inequality, inequity, infraction, infringement, iniquity, malfeasance, malpractice, maltreatment, miscarriage, mischief, negligence, offense, oppression, outrage, partiality, prejudice, railroad*, ruin, transgression, trespass, villainy, violation, wrong, wrongdoing, crying shame, dirty deal, onesidedness, partisanship, sellout, unfairness, unjustness, unlawfulness |
| Antonyms: | equality, equity, ethics, fairness, impartiality, justice, morality, lawfulness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insult |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hateful communication |
| Synonyms: | abuse, affront, aspersion, black eye*, blasphemy, contempt, contumely, derision, despite, discourtesy, disgrace, disrespect, ignominy, impertinence, impudence, incivility, indignity, insolence, invective, libel, mockery, obloquy, offense, opprobrium, outrage, put-down, rudeness, scorn, shame, slam, slander, slap, slight, snub, taunt, vituperation, cheap shot, disdainfulness, scurrility, slap in the face, superciliousness, unpleasantry, vilification |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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