transgressing 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of transgressingnext
as in disobedient

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transgressing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of transgress
1
as in trespassing
to commit an offense I didn't realize I was transgressing when I told your sister she looked like she had lost weight

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2
as in violating
to fail to keep don't even think about transgressing the drug laws of that Asian country, for punishments are severe and there's nothing that our government can do to intervene

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transgressing
  1. disobedient
  2. trespassing
  3. violating
  4. falling
  5. breaking
  6. improper
  7. wandering
  8. defiant
Adjective
  • At any point, a willingness to be both selfish and disobedient would have saved her.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 25 Sep. 2024
  • In this view, disobedient journalists, scientific experts, officials, and judges are the enemy.
    Pippa Norris, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2021
Definition of disobedient
Verb
  • As for the Confederate soldiers, who were supposedly hiding out after stealing Union gold, archeologists believe they were killed by Native Americans for trespassing on sacred ground.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2024
  • According to the body camera footage and records, the officers responded to a call made by employees of a Circle K store and gas station that another man, who was white, was trespassing.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of trespassing
Verb
  • Angel City also received a $20,000 cash fine, plus a loss of $20,000 in unfunded allocation money, in 2021 for violating the NWSL’s tampering policy regarding then-Gotham player Allie Long.
    Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Haley was acquitted of violating Nichols’ civil rights causing death, but convicted of the lesser charge of violating his civil rights causing bodily injury.
    Adrian Sainz, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of violating
Verb
  • To counter falling snow levels, resorts are already turning to artificial snow machines, which further contribute to climate change through their expansive use of energy.
    BYRyan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Though prices for Rolex sports watches keep falling, the smaller Rolex Day-Date has shot up in value—a full 57 percent in Auguest, according to the watch market tracker Everywatch.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of falling
Verb
  • Without breaking stride, Hunter blew past four more Utah defenders and hopped into the end zone, a broken play transformed into a work of art.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Minyvonne Burke Minyvonne Burke is a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of breaking
Adjective
  • The filing also details various legal proceedings, including investigations by the DOJ and SEC related to allegations of improper billing and remuneration.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • For this vital right to be effective, election officials must be permitted to do their jobs free from improper partisan influence, physical threats, or any other conduct designed to intimidate.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of improper
Verb
  • Downtown was where tourists were trapped and calling airlines, rental cars, and soothing panicked relatives, and where people were wandering around, joining little clusters of folks staring at their phones every four to six blocks, with hopes of getting Wi-Fi.
    Dylan Tupper Rupert, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Dazed locals wandering through streets lined with debris.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of wandering
Adjective
  • The Trump campaign had come back to Butler to stage its own retaliation, an over-the-top reminder that its candidate was defiant in the face of death, and possibly preordained for the Presidency.
    Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Despite the legal case, a defiant Musk posted the latest winner in his $1m giveaway on X this morning.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of defiant
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