Hear and Offend

Hear

Hear verb - To come to an awareness of.

Offend is an antonym for hear.

Nearby Words: heart, hearing, heard, hearer

Offend

Offend verb - To fail to keep.
Usage example: keeping company without a chaperone present definitely would have offended the social standards of the day

Hear is an antonym for offend.

Common collocations

people hear people offend people
someone hear someone offend someone
way hear way offend way
little hear little offend little
Other words: anyone.
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