offend againstsomething
phrasal verbwithoffendverbuk/əˈfend/us/əˈfend/
formaltobreakaruleorprincipleor notfitwell with something thatpeopleconsiderto becorrect:
Would it beoffendingagainst goodtastetowearapatternedtiewith mystripedshirt?
Unsuitable and unacceptable
- amiss
- be in bad, poor, the worst possible, etc. tasteidiom
- beneathyourdignityidiom
- beyond
- beyond the paleidiom
- incorrect
- incorrectly
- indecent
- ineligibility
- ineligible
- not cricketidiom
- over-extravagant
- raffish
- raffishness
- room
- unfit
- unsuitably
- unsuited
- unworthy
- vulgarity