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1. (adj.) defensive
serving or done for the purpose of resisting attack.
2. defensive
of or pertaining to defense.
3. defensive
sensitive to the threat of criticism or injury to one's ego.
4. (n.) defensive
a position or attitude of defense:
on the defensive about one's mistakes.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < MF < ML)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) defensive, defensive attitude
an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')
2. (adj) defensive
intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack
"defensive weapons"; "a defensive stance"
3. (adj) defensive, justificative, justificatory
attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
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1. (adjective) defensive
becoming upset when sb criticizes you
You always get so defensive.
2. defensive
relating to the protection of sb or sth
defensive weapons; defensive driving
3. defensive
relating to defense in sports
a defensive position/player; "I am not upset," he said defensively.; to drive defensively
4. (noun) defensive
on the defensive
anticipating an attack or criticism
an army on the defensive
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| Definition of 'Defensive' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Defensive
serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor
2. (adj) Defensive
carried on by resisting attack or aggression; -- opposed to offensive; as, defensive war
3. (adj) Defensive
in a state or posture of defense
4. (noun) Defensive
that which defends; a safeguard
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Sense: protective or resisting attack
a defensive attitude; defensive action.
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 Afrikaans: defensief, verdedigende o |
 Arabic: دِفاعي، وِقائي |
 Bulgarian: защитен |
 Brazilian: defensivo |
 Czech: obranný |
 German: verteidigend |
 Danish: defensiv; forsvars- |
 Greek: αμυντικός |
 Spanish: defensivo |
 Estonian: kaitse- |
 Farsi: تدافعی |
 Finnish: puolustus- |
 French: défensif |
 Hebrew: הֲגַנָתִי |
 Hindi: रक्षात्मक |
 Croatian: obrambeni, zaštitnički |
 Hungarian: védekező |
 Indonesian: defensif |
 Icelandic: varnar- |
 Italian: difensivo |
 Japanese: 防御的な |
 Korean: 방어적인 |
 Lithuanian: apsauginis, gynybos |
 Latvian: aizsardzības-; aizsargājo |
 Malay: defensif |
 Dutch: defensief |
 Norwegian: forsvars-, defensiv |
 Polish: obronny |
 Persian: تدافعی |
 Pashto: دفاغ، ځان ساتنه، دجملې په |
 Portuguese: defensivo |
 Romanian: defensiv |
 Russian: оборонительный |
 Slovak: obranný |
 Slovenian: obramben |
 Serbian: defanzivan |
 Swedish: defensiv, försvars- |
 Thai: ซึ่งสามารถป้องกันไว้ได้ |
 Turkish: savunmaya yönelik |
 Taiwanese: 防禦的 |
 Ukrainian: захисний, оборонний |
 Urdu: مدافعت پر آمادہ |
 Vietnamese: có tính chất bảo vệ |
 Chinese: 防御的 |
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