offending
/əˈfɛndɪŋ/ adjective C2- Responsible; to be blamed. · Something in the fridge smelled terrible. The offending article was soon identified and removed.
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“I might as well inquire,” replied she, “why, with so evident a design of offending and insulting me, you chose to tell me that you liked me against your will, against your reason, and even against your character?
You had better neglect your relations than run the risk of offending your patroness.”
I joined them unexpectedly a day or two before the intended elopement; and then Georgiana, unable to support the idea of grieving and offending a brother whom she almost looked up to as a father, acknowledged the whole to me.
I think, rather than give pain to my dear mother, I would run the risk of offending the count.”
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