Controversial
Controversial adjective - Relating to or causing the expression of opposing opinions.
Trying and controversial are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trying" instead an adjective "Controversial".
Trying
Trying adjective - Difficult to endure.
Controversial and trying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Controversial" instead an adjective "Trying".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- One Moment in Time attempts to do this, trying to address the issues that arose out of the extremely controversial One More Day.
Source: Author's Saving Throw -
The effect is similar since Rivers himself pointed out that he usually avoids swearing:Weezer came up at a time when Jane's Addiction released Nothing's Shocking everyone was trying to be controversial.
Source: Music / Weezer - The writer/creator wasn't trying to provoke people into outrage by being controversial and vulgar (though he was trying to be controversial); he was trying to get people to think about it and decide for themselves.
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