All offense synonyms

noun offense

• crime — A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law.
• wrongdoing — behavior or action that is wrong, evil, or blameworthy.
• felony — an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year.
• fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
• transgression — an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
• violation — the act of violating.
• infraction — breach; violation; infringement: an infraction of the rules.
• breach — If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
• infringement — a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.
• misdemeanor — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
• sin — the 12th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
• trespass — Law. an unlawful act causing injury to the person, property, or rights of another, committed with force or violence, actual or implied. a wrongful entry upon the lands of another. the action to recover damages for such an injury.
• misdeed — an immoral or wicked deed.
• delinquency — Delinquency is criminal behaviour, especially that of young people.
• lapse — an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
• malfeasance — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
• peccadillo — a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
• wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
• insult — to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
• affront — If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
• outrage — an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
• slight — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
• slur — to pass over lightly or without due mention or consideration (often followed by over): The report slurred over her contribution to the enterprise.
• dig — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
• barb — A barb is a sharp curved point near the end of an arrow or fish-hook which makes it difficult to pull out.
• aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
• displeasure — dissatisfaction, disapproval, or annoyance.
• assault — An assault by an army is a strong attack made on an area held by the enemy.
• attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
• injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
• aggression — Aggression is a quality of anger and determination that makes you ready to attack other people.
• battery — Batteries are small devices that provide the power for electrical items such as radios and children's toys.
• blitz — If a city or building is blitzed during a war, it is attacked by bombs dropped by enemy aircraft.
• blitzkrieg — A blitzkrieg is a fast and intense military attack that takes the enemy by surprise and is intended to achieve a very quick victory.
• harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
• hit — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
• hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
• indignation — strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.
• indignity — an injury to a person's dignity; slighting or contemptuous treatment; humiliating affront, insult, or injury.
• injustice — the quality or fact of being unjust; inequity.
• mugging — a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
• onset — a beginning or start: the onset of winter.
• onslaught — an onset, assault, or attack, especially a vigorous one.
• push — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
• put-down — a landing of an aircraft.
• slam — the winning or bidding of all the tricks or all the tricks but one in a deal. Compare grand slam (def 1), little slam.
• snub — to treat with disdain or contempt, especially by ignoring.
• zinger — a quick, witty, or pointed remark or retort: During the debate she made a couple of zingers that deflated the opposition.
• assailment — to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
• black eye — If someone has a black eye, they have a dark-coloured bruise around their eye.