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to go on a picnic with me? 7 sour, mouldy, bad, rotten, rancid,
turned, high: The cream smells a bit off. 8 bad, unpropitious,
disappointing, unsatisfactory, disheartening, displeasing,
slack, slow, substandard, below par, below average, quiet: It
has been an off year for the local football team. 9 cancelled,
postponed: The meeting is off till next week. 10 situated,
fixed, supplied: Is he really that well off? She was much worse
off when they were married.
offbeat adj. strange, eccentric, bizarre, weird, peculiar, odd, queer,
unconventional, unorthodox, Bohemian, idiosyncratic, unusual,
unexpected, outr‚, outlandish, deviant, novel, innovative,
Colloq kinky, way-out, far-out, off-the-wall, freaky, weirdo:
Jasper's offbeat, satirical humour has made him a popular
comedian.
off colour
adj. 1 unwell, ill, off form, out of sorts, queasy, sick, run
down, awful, seedy, Colloq under the weather, poorly, Slang
lousy, rotten: I have been feeling off colour since eating that
fish. 2 indelicate, risqu‚, ribald, bawdy, indecent,
suggestive, broad, indelicate, inelegant, improper,
inappropriate, unseemly, blue: My mother does not tolerate
off-colour remarks at the dinner table.
offence n. 1 violation, breach, crime, felony, misdemeanour,
infraction, transgression, trespass, wrong, wrongdoing, sin,
peccadillo, misdeed, fault, infringement, malefaction;
dereliction, lapse, slip, error: He was accused of offences
against the rights of others. Some regard the splitting of an
infinitive an offence against the Queen's English. 2 give
offence. incur displeasure, create annoyance or irritation or
resentment or pique, evoke indignation or anger; slight, injure,
hurt, harm, offend, insult, outrage, Colloq put (someone) down:
He denied that he meant to give offence in his criticism of the
play. 3 take offence. take umbrage, feel displeasure or
annoyance or resentment or pique or indignation, be angered or
enraged: Why should you take offence at what a fool says?
offend v. 1 hurt (someone's) feelings, affront, insult, slight, snub,
give offence, hurt, pain, displease, disgruntle, chagrin,
humiliate, embarrass; pique, fret, gall, vex, annoy, irritate,
nettle, needle, rankle, provoke, ruffle, outrage, rile, anger ,