Offending and Provoking

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Offending adjective - Offending against or breaking a law or rule.

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Provoking and offending are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Provoking" instead an adjective "Offending".

Nearby Words: offend, offended, offender

Provoking adjective - Serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction.

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Offending and provoking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Offending" instead an adjective "Provoking".

Nearby Words: provoke, provoked, provocation

Brian is also a victim to this trope at it's most extreme, constantly managing to get caught in the events of the story by inadvertently offending or provoking another (usually more obnoxious) being around him.

Source: Kafka Komedy

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