Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taking offense

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables
tak-ing of-fense
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of take offense

Questions

What does taking offense mean?
present participle and gerund of take offense

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