offend against

offend against someone or something

to anger or affront someone or something. We do not wish to offend against anyone. He didn't realize that he offended against their cultural values.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Britta	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Osiris	o-SIE-ris (English)	Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Jagienka	yah-GYEN-kah	Polish
Atiyah	['ætki]
Dempsey	['dempsi:]
Claudia	['klɔ:djə]