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# offending

«offending» in Mova's school dictionary: **upsetting someone or making them feel hurt or insulted** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (offending); verb form (-ing of offend: offend, offends, offended, offending)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Offending means upsetting someone or making them feel hurt or insulted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offending/#m1)

2) The offending thing is the one that causes a problem or breaks a rule. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offending/#m2)

3) Offending can mean breaking the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offending/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and everyday life, "the offending sock" or "the offending tooth" is the one causing trouble, often said with humour. In manners lessons, pupils learn to avoid offending people with rude words. In law, a person who breaks the law is an offender.

### examples

- I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offending/#x1)
- The dentist removed the offending tooth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offending/#x2)
- Mum threw away the offending sock that smelled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offending/#x3)
- Try to avoid offending people with jokes about them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offending/#x4)
- The referee sent off the offending player. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offending/#x5)
- The offending email was deleted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offending/#x6)

### note

Verb is regular. Noun: offence (British) or offense (American); offender. Adjective: offensive. "Offending" as an adjective is often a bit humorous.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «offending» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offending/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.