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.
See also: offend

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Maala-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Arnott['a:nət]
Bojana-Slovene, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian
Truman['tru:mən]
Nikolaonee-ko-LAH-oEsperanto
Silviya-Bulgarian