taken offense
Became personally insulted
Taken offense is the past participle of take offense, meaning to feel hurt, insulted, or resentful about something said or done: She had taken offense at his casual dismissal of her work.
The phrase often appears in perfect tenses to describe a state of wounded feeling that persists: He's taken offense and won't speak to me now.
- oversensitivityExcessive emotional reactivity
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- tactlessnessAbsence of social sensitivity
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- conflictOpposition between parties
hurt feelings · sore spot · bristle · resentment · ruffled feathers · indignation · frown · snub · misinterpretation · insult · humiliation · glare · pout · umbrage · misunderstanding · sarcasm · scowl · estrangement
emotional response to slight
taken offensebrushed off
Curtly dismissed or ignored
shrugged off · let it go · laughed off · overlooked · ignored
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