Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took offense

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables
took of-fense
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does took offense mean?
simple past of take offense

How to pronounce took offense

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