Offensive and Trying

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Offensive adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.

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Trying and offensive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trying" instead an adjective "Offensive".

Nearby Words: offend, offence, offensively

Trying adjective - Difficult to endure.

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Offensive and trying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Offensive" instead an adjective "Trying".

Nearby Words: try, tried

Trying to copy another person's talents instead of focusing your own results in your work becoming a shoddy, offensive copy reviled by everyone.

Source: Western Animation / The Nightmare Before Christmas
Even when he's trying to be well-intentioned he doesn't realize how much the things he's saying can be rude or potentially offensive.

Source: Innocently Insensitive
If you happen to be, say, a dumb ogre, he will make an awkward "the gods move in mysterious ways" excuse while trying (and failing) not to be offensive.

Source: The Chosen Zero

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