Offence — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the action of attacking an enemy

the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/əfˈɛns/

🇬🇧British English

/əfˈɛns/

🇮🇳Indian English

/əfˈɛns/

2 syllables Say it as /əfˈɛns/.

Examples

he took offence at my question
a long record of crimes

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

umbrage criminal offence offensive activity law-breaking offense offensive crime criminal offense discourtesy

Antonyms

defence defense

Parts of Speech

noun	the action of attacking an enemy
noun	the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
noun	a feeling of anger caused by being offended “he took offence at my question”
noun	a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
noun	(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act “a long record of crimes”

Word Forms

umbrageous	adjective	angered at something unjust or wrong
offend	verb	cause to feel resentment or indignation
criminal	adjective	involving or being or having the nature of a crime
criminate	verb	bring an accusation against; level a charge against
incriminate	verb	suggest that someone is guilty
criminalise	verb	declare illegal; outlaw

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Angriff

die Aktion, einen Feind anzugreifen

🇫🇷French

infraction

l'action d'attaquer un ennemi

🇪🇸Spanish

ofensa

la acción de atacar a un enemigo

🇮🇹Italian

offesa

l'azione di attaccare un nemico

🇳🇱Dutch

overtreding

de actie van het aanvallen van een vijand

🇵🇹Portuguese

ofensa

a ação de atacar um inimigo

🇷🇺Russian

преступление

действие нападения на врага

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अपराध

किसी शत्रु पर आक्रमण करने की क्रिया

🇧🇩Bengali

অপরাধ

শত্রুকে আক্রমণ করার ক্রিয়া

🇮🇳Tamil

குற்றம்

எதிரியைத் தாக்கும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

నేరం

శత్రువుపై దాడి చేసే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

गुन्हा

शत्रूवर हल्ला करण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગુનો

દુશ્મન પર હુમલો કરવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಪರಾಧ

ಶತ್ರುವಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ದಾಳಿ ಮಾಡುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കുറ്റം

ശത്രുവിനെ ആക്രമിക്കുന്ന പ്രവർത്തനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਪਰਾਧ

ਇੱਕ ਦੁਸ਼ਮਣ 'ਤੇ ਹਮਲਾ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਕਾਰਵਾਈ

🇵🇰Urdu

جرم

دشمن پر حملہ کرنے کی کارروائی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

罪行

攻击敌人的动作

🇯🇵Japanese

犯罪

敵を攻撃する行為

🇰🇷Korean

위반

적을 공격하는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự xúc phạm

hành động tấn công kẻ thù

🇹🇭Thai

ความผิด

การกระทำของการโจมตีศัตรู

🇮🇩Indonesian

pelanggaran

tindakan menyerang musuh

🇵🇭Filipino

pagkakasala

ang aksyon ng pag-atake sa isang kaaway

🇲🇾Malay

kesalahan

tindakan menyerang musuh

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

جريمة

عملية مهاجمة العدو

🇮🇷Persian

جرم

عمل حمله به دشمن

🇹🇷Turkish

suç

bir düşmana saldırma eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַתקָפָה

הפעולה של תקיפת אויב

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