Offend
Put off
Put off verb - To cause to feel disgust.
Usage example: she was put off by his blatantly sexist attitude
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- And sometimes this character isn't even that old, but has merely internalized nostalgia for a particular period; he might even offend older people who were actually there, and who are as put off by this freakishness as the younger, "modern" people.
Source: Evil Reactionary
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