English–French
“offend” in French
How to say “offend” in French
“Offend” in French is froisser.
A smooth surface is lightly creased, like a person's pride after an awkward remark.
Example sentences with froisser
Fais attention à tes paroles pour ne pas froisser ton ami.
Watch your words so you don't offend your friend.
Tips for using froisser
- In the figurative sense, froisser takes a person as its direct object, as in froisser quelqu'un; se froisser means to take offense.
Other French words for “offend”
Je ne veux pas t'offenser, désolé.
I don't want to offend you, sorry.
Je ne veux pas offusquer mes invités avec ce sujet.
I don't want to offend my guests by bringing up this subject.