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
Upset is a synonym for offend in displease topic. In some cases you can use "Upset" instead a verb "Offend", when it comes to topics like distress, hurt someone's feelings.
Upset
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Despair Speech: Throughout the film, White indulges Black as best he can and tries not to offend or upset him.
Source: Film / The Sunset Limited -
She routinely eats courtiers who offend her, fail her, or simply can't get out of her way fast enough when she gets upset.
Source: Slaying Mantis - Except on the part of Royal himself, though he may have just been upset about her (re)marrying ANYONE and simply been playing up the race angle in order to offend and provoke Glover's character.
Source: Maligned Mixed Marriage
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