take offense

1. Feel resentment or emotional pain, as in I didn't realize he'd take offense when he wasn't invited. [Mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

Which would sort of make sense, if machines could actually take offense at anything.

From Slate

She’s an artist now grappling with the challenges of playing "full on" in a way that accommodates the vicissitudes of aging and the demands of critics and fans who seem to take offense when a female artist is no longer 25, the ones complaining on Reddit fan forums that she’s “changed” from who she was 30 years ago.

From Salon

She had only just started wearing jeans, she told me with a shy look, afraid that he would take offense to such a digression.

From Los Angeles Times

They don’t take pride where it’s due and take offense too easily.

From New York Times

Small business owners and entrepreneurs in the South Asian communities may well take offense at the anti-capitalist rhetoric of the Left.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

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