OFFENDING Synonyms

• strike with disgust or revulsion

• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

• a failure to perform some promised act or obligation

• an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)

• a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• make an opening or gap in

• some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

• an unexpected piece of good luck

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

• a pause from doing something (as work)

• the act of breaking something

• a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

• breaking of hard tissue such as bone

• the occurrence of breaking

• an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)

• the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool

• (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving

• an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

• a sudden dash

• any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare

• an escape from jail

• terminate or end

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• render inoperable or ineffective

• ruin completely

• destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• move away or escape suddenly

• scatter or part

• force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

• prevent completion

• enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act

• make submissive, obedient, or useful

• fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

• surpass in excellence

• make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

• come into being

• stop operating or functioning

• interrupt a continued activity

• make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing

• curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves

• lessen in force or effect

• be broken in

• come to an end

• vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity

• cause to give up a habit

• give up

• come forth or begin from a state of latency

• happen or take place

• cause the failure or ruin of

• invalidate by judicial action

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

• reduce to bankruptcy

• change directions suddenly

• emerge from the surface of a body of water

• break down, literally or metaphorically

• do a break dance

• exchange for smaller units of money

• destroy the completeness of a set of related items

• make the opening shot that scatters the balls

• separate from a clinch, in boxing

• go to pieces

• break a piece from a whole

• become punctured or penetrated

• pierce or penetrate

• be released or become known; of news

• cease an action temporarily

• interrupt the flow of current in

• undergo breaking

• find a flaw in

• find the solution or key to

• change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another

• happen

• become fractured; break or crack on the surface only

• crack; of the male voice in puberty

• fall sharply

• fracture a bone of

• diminish or discontinue abruptly

• weaken or destroy in spirit or body

• an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration

• injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of

• hurt the feelings of

• break up into small pieces for food preparation

• damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure

• any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

• psychological suffering

• feelings of mental or physical pain

• a damage or loss

• the act of damaging something or someone

• suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle

• damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value

• be the source of pain

• give trouble or pain to

• cause emotional anguish or make miserable

• cause damage or affect negatively

• hurt the feelings of

• feel physical pain

• be in pain

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• cause injuries or bodily harm to

• hurt the feelings of

• cause damage or affect negatively

• a feeling of righteous anger

• a wantonly cruel act

• a disgraceful event

• the act of scandalizing

• strike with disgust or revulsion

• violate the sacred character of a place or language

• force (someone) to have sex against their will

• tightly woven fabric with raised cords

• a sudden outburst of anger

• cause to feel resentment or indignation

• strike with disgust or revulsion

• strike with disgust or revulsion

• the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

• the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat

• a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body

• (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor

• an instance of agitation of the earth's crust

• an unpleasant or disappointing surprise

• a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field

• a bushy thick mass (especially hair)

• a sudden jarring impact

• a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses

• surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

• strike with disgust or revulsion

• strike with horror or terror

• collide violently

• collect or gather into shocks

• subject to electrical shocks

• inflict a trauma upon

• feeling a need to see others suffer

• malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

• hurt the feelings of

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline

• commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law

• pass beyond (limits or boundaries)

• fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• destroy

• violate the sacred character of a place or language

• force (someone) to have sex against their will

• destroy and strip of its possession

• an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)

• a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat

• a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride)

• the act of inflicting a wound

• put in a coil

• cause injuries or bodily harm to

• hurt the feelings of

• fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• resist