Offend and Please

Offend

Offend verb - To cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in.
Usage example: the visitor unintentionally offended his hosts terribly by failing to compliment them on the elaborately prepared meal

Please is an antonym for offend in topics: distress, displease.

Please

Please verb - To give satisfaction to.
Usage example: fresh flowers please me greatly

Offend is an antonym for please in delight topic.

Nearby Word: pleased

Common collocations

person offend person please person
woman offend woman please woman
people offend people please people
master offend master please master
Other words: god, someone, audience, way, emperor, queen, anyone, everyone, viewers, anybody, gods, sides, friends, fans, members, audiences, masters, censors.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Please note you haven't done anything to offend this girl, especially if she spots you, and she merely comes in swinging.
  • The Infernal Exalted have Acts of Villainy which they commit in order to please their Yozi masters if they've managed to offend them somehow.
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