I took his relative silence to be offensive.

我把他相对的沉默看作是一种冒犯。

youdao

Odours are invested with cultural values: smells that are considered to be offensive in some cultures may be perfectly acceptable in others.

气味与文化价值息息相关：在某些文化中被认为是令人讨厌的气味，在另一些文化中却完全可以被接受。

youdao

No sands are allowed to be rubbed into the eye.; be offensive to the eye about unreasonable thing;

眼里揉不下沙子

《新英汉大辞典》

India's election commission ruled the remarks were criminally offensive and said he should not be a candidate.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

He also notes that some of the material in the patriarchal stories would be offensive to later religious sensibilities.

他还指出族长故事里的一些素材,是冒犯后来的宗教敏感性的。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

They have to take some offensive and they have to be very strong."

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

Anything that could be offensive to some people ought not to be on public property.

WSJ: City: No 'Don't Tread on Me' flag on public land

Many worry that political conversations can affect their careers, be offensive and lead to uncomfortable tensions.

CNN: Workers divided on office politics

Putting my own songs on here would be offensive to some sensibilities.

NPR: Patricia Barber Plays A Special 'Funny Valentine'