Encounter and Jerk

Encounter

Encounter noun - A brief clash between enemies or rivals.

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Jerk and encounter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Jerk" instead a noun "Encounter".

Nearby Words: encountered, encountering

Jerk noun - A person whose behavior is offensive to others.

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Encounter and jerk are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Encounter" instead a noun "Jerk".

original	original encounter	original jerk
unpleasant	unpleasant encounter	unpleasant jerk
nasty	nasty encounter	nasty jerk
real	real encounter	real jerk
Other adjectives: little, major, drunken.

people	encounter people	jerk people
number	encounter number	jerk number
time	encounter time	jerk time
game	encounter game	jerk game
Other words: anyone, times, women, enemies, animals.

Later in that same book Jason and Piper encounter Hercules, who seems a decent guy at first, but soon turns out to be a world-class jerk.

Source: Broken Pedestal
Sympathetic P.O.V.: Kanna comes off as a bit of an insufferable jerk in Shino's chapters, but her own POV chapters show how much she has changed since their first encounter.

Source: Manga / Saki Shinohayu -dawn of age-
Twitchy Eye: After Wheatley is damaged in the first encounter with GLaDOS, he has a short circuit that causes him to spark and jerk randomly.

Source: Videogame / Portal 2

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