offendedness

C2+ Topic:Emotions & Feelings

US /əˈfɛndɪdnəs/ UK /əˈfɛndɪdnəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the state of feeling hurt, insulted, or resentful

His exaggerated offendedness over the joke surprised everyone at the table.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the state of feeling hurt,... resentment indignation umbrage pique affront displeasure

Opposites

pleasure contentment

Word family

Related forms offend offense offensive offender

Etymology

From offended (past participle of offend, from Latin offendere, 'to strike against') plus the noun suffix -ness.

offendere Latin fendere Latin

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Topics

Emotions & Feelings Word Formation & Derivatives

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# offendedness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈfɛndɪdnəs/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈfɛndɪdnəs/

## Meanings
1. the state of feeling hurt, insulted, or resentful

## Examples
- His exaggerated offendedness over the joke surprised everyone at the table.

## Synonyms
- resentment
- indignation
- umbrage
- pique
- affront
- displeasure

## Antonyms
- pleasure
- contentment

## Related Forms
- offend
- offense
- offensive
- offender

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: offendere
- Root: fendere

## Etymology
From offended (past participle of offend, from Latin offendere, 'to strike against') plus the noun suffix -ness.

## AI Etymology
Offendedness is from offended (past participle of offend, from Latin offendere, 'to strike against') plus the noun suffix -ness. Important recorded forms include offendere (Latin) and fendere (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers the state of feeling hurt, insulted, or resentful. The wider family includes related words such as offend, offense, offensive, and offender.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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