Offending
Offending adjective - Offending against or breaking a law or rule.
Vituperative and offending are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vituperative" instead an adjective "Offending".
Vituperative
Vituperative adjective - Marked by harsh insulting language.
Usage example: the type of provocative magazine article that is guaranteed to engender vituperative threats of subscription cancellations
Offending and vituperative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Offending" instead an adjective "Vituperative".
Nearby Word: vituperation
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- offensive and offending
- offensive and vituperative
- opprobrious and offending
- opprobrious and vituperative
- insulting and offending
- insulting and vituperative
- scurrilous and offending
- scurrilous and vituperative
- abusive and offending
- abusive and vituperative
- outrageous and offending
- outrageous and vituperative
- vitriolic and offending
- vitriolic and vituperative
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