take offense

idiom

: to become angry or upset by something that another person has said or done : to be offended by something
He took offense when I suggested exchanging the gift.
often + at
She takes offense at any criticism.

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Though some commenters criticized Trachtenberg for her response to Lively and Baldoni drama, Long didn’t take offense to the comment. Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 27 Feb. 2025 Some people reflexively take offense on seeing those three letters, but this Electrified GV70 has been kept away from the growth hormones. Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2025 People are far more serious now, not just football, someone is always there on social media to take offense to every little thing. Nick Miller, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025 In the show, Falwell and other conservative preachers take offense to the Bakkers' more secular message and set out to dismantle their ministry while advancing their version of traditional values up to the White House. Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for take offense

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“Take offense.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20offense. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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