offend against sth
formal— phrasal verb with offend uk/əˈfend/us/əˈfend/verb
to break a rule or principle or not fit well with something that people consider to be correct:
Would it be offending against good taste to wear a patterned tie with my striped shirt?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unsuitable and unacceptable
- amiss
- beneath your dignity idiom
- beyond
- beyond the pale idiom
- delegitimize
- grain
- improper
- inapt
- incorrect
- indecent
- ineligible
- infelicitous
- not cricket idiom
- offend
- raffish
- room
- square peg (in a round hole) idiom
- that will never do! idiom
- unfit
- vulgar
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