take offense

take offense

English

Alternative forms

• take offence

Verb

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.

   Synonym: take umbrage

Translations

feel and possibly show resentment

Czech: urazit (cs) se French: s'offenser (fr) German: beleidigt (de) sein, gekränkt (de) sein, sich beleidigt (de) fühlen (de)

Italian: offendersi (it), aversene a male, prendersela Russian: обижа́ться (ru) impf (obižátʹsja), оби́деться (ru) pf (obídetʹsja)

See also

• take umbrage
• take exception