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is offending
verb
To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
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Kind sir, please desist: it is offending our delicate ear trumpets.
The difference was that then he offended only Washington fans; now he is offending a significant part of the nation.
"A lot of our customers want to know if their ad is offending people, or not really connecting.
"We live in a world nowadays where everything you do and say is offending somebody," Nationals Manager Manny Acta said.
Remembering, no doubt, that he is offending against the rules of speech in polite society, Houellebecq brings on a pair of Muslim characters to criticise their religion and then depart.
LaBeouf's Jake is a sleek sociopath with a brazen genius for selling, spinning new lies for each customer for the hell of it, keeping them talking and refusing to notice how he is offending or failing to convince.
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The Queen is offended.
However, not everyone is offended.
"He is offended," Artem said.
The White House too is offended.
"They were offending Catholics".
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