Offend and Provoke

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Offend

Offend verb - Hurt the feelings of.

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Provoke is a synonym for offend in distress topic. In some cases you can use "Provoke" instead a verb "Offend", when it comes to topics like displease, hurt someone's feelings.

Nearby Words: offensive, offence, offender, offending, offensively

Provoke

Provoke verb - To rouse to strong feeling or action.

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Offend is a synonym for provoke in anger topic. Sometimes you can use "Offend" instead a verb "Provoke", if it concerns topics such as insult, affront, make angry.

Nearby Words: provocation, provoking

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character	offend character	provoke character
people	offend people	provoke people
someone	offend someone	provoke someone
target	offend target	provoke target
Other words: races.

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Except on the part of Royal himself, though he may have just been upset about her (re)marrying ANYONE and simply been playing up the race angle in order to offend and provoke Glover's character.

Source: Maligned Mixed Marriage
Lionel proceeds to provoke him into a Cluster F-Bomb that would offend a sailor, and in fact was pretty much the only reason why the movie was rated R when it'd otherwise be at most PG.

Source: Crosses The Line Twice / Live-Action Films

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