Take+offence

  • 81bristle — 1. noun 1) the bristles on his chin Syn: hair, whisker; (bristles) stubble, five o clock shadow 2) a hedgehog s bristles Syn: spine, prickle, quill, barb 2. verb 1) …

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  • 82mind — 1. noun 1) a good teacher must stretch pupils minds Syn: brain, intelligence, intellect, brains, brainpower, wits, understanding, reasoning, judgement, sense, head; informal grey matter; N.Amer.; informal smarts 2) …

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  • 83обижаться — ОБИЖАТЬСЯ, несов. (сов. обидеться), на кого что. Испытывать (испытать) чувство несправедливости, незаслуженного оскорбления, принимать (принять) что л. за несправедливость, оскорбление; Син.: оскорбляться (оскорбиться), Разг. дуться [impf. to… …

    Большой толковый словарь русских глаголов

  • 84оскорбляться — ОСКОРБЛЯТЬСЯ, несов. (сов. оскорбиться), без доп. Испытывать (испытать) чувство обиды, унижения вследствие чьих л. слов, поступков; Син.: обижаться [impf. to be insulted (by), be rudely offended, be (deeply) hurt (at, by), be injured (by); to… …

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  • 85brownie —    Now the standard term for a helpful household *fairy anywhere in Britain, but when first recorded in the early 16th century a dialect word limited to Lowland Scotland and the English Border counties; many of the early descriptions are Scottish …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 86umbrage — [15] Umbrage is one of a group of English words that go back ultimately to Latin umbra ‘shadow’. Indeed, it was originally used for ‘shade, shadow’ in English: ‘the light, and also … the false umbrage which the moon doth show forth’, Betham,… …

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  • 87pip —  to take pip at a thing, to take offence. Exm …

    A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

  • 88huff — v. & n. v. 1 intr. give out loud puffs of air, steam, etc. 2 intr. bluster loudly or threateningly (huffing and puffing). 3 intr. & tr. take or cause to take offence. 4 tr. Draughts remove (an opponent s man that could have made a capture) from… …

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  • 89Suppose — Sup*pose , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supposing}.] [F. supposer; pref. sub under + poser to place; corresponding in meaning to L. supponere, suppositum, to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit. See {Pose}.] 1. To… …

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  • 90Supposed — Suppose Sup*pose , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supposing}.] [F. supposer; pref. sub under + poser to place; corresponding in meaning to L. supponere, suppositum, to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit. See {Pose}.] …

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