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offensive


I - noun
the action of attacking an enemy (Freq. 1)
Syn:
offense, offence
Hypernyms:
operation, military operation
Hyponyms:
counteroffensive, dirty war, rollback, push back

II - adjective
1. violating or tending to violate or offend against (Freq. 1)
- violative of the principles of liberty
- considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity
Syn:
violative
Similar to:
offending
Derivationally related forms:
violate (for: violative), offensiveness, offend
2. for the purpose of attack rather than defense
- offensive weapons
Ant:
defensive
Similar to:
antipersonnel, assaultive, attacking, hit-and-run, tip-and-run,
tip-and-run, invading, invasive, marauding, predatory,
raiding, on the offensive
See Also:
aggressive, hostile
3. causing anger or annoyance
- offensive remarks
Ant:
inoffensive
Similar to:
abusive, opprobrious, scurrilous
See Also:
disrespectful, harmful
Derivationally related forms:
offensiveness, offend
Attrubites:
offensiveness, odiousness, distastefulness
4. morally offensive
- an unsavory reputation
- an unsavory scandal
Syn:
unsavory, unsavoury
Ant:
savory (for: unsavory)
Similar to:
odoriferous
Derivationally related forms:
offensiveness, offend, unsavoriness (for: unsavory)
5. unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
- offensive odors
Ant:
inoffensive
Similar to:
abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive,
charnel, ghastly, sepulchral, creepy, disgusting, disgustful,
distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant,
repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky, ghoulish,
morbid, hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous, objectionable,
obnoxious, rank, scrimy, verminous
See Also:
evil, hateful, unpalatable, unpleasant
Derivationally related forms:
offensiveness, offend
Attrubites:
offensiveness, odiousness, distastefulness
6. causing or able to cause nausea
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench
Syn:
nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome,
sickening, vile
Similar to:
unwholesome
Derivationally related forms:
vileness (for: vile), sickeningness (for: sickening), offensiveness, offend, loathsomeness (for: loathsome), noisomeness (for: noisome), nausea (for: nauseous), nauseatingness (for: nauseating)
7. substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one
- 'nigger' is a dysphemistic term for 'African-American'
Syn:
dysphemistic
Ant:
euphemistic (for: dysphemistic)
Derivationally related forms:
offensiveness, offend, dysphemism (for: dysphemistic)

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