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1. (adj.) offensive
causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating or annoying.
2. offensive
unpleasant or disagreeable to the sense; disgusting.
3. offensive
repugnant to the moral sense, good taste, or the like; repulsive.
4. offensive
pertaining to offense or attack.
5. offensive
characterized by attack; aggressive:
offensive warfare.
6. (n.) offensive
the position or attitude of aggression or attack:
to take the offensive.
7. offensive
an aggressive movement or attack.
Etymology: (1540–50; < ML offēnsīvus)
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1. (adj) offense, offence, offensive
the action of attacking an enemy
2. (adj) offensive, violative
violating or tending to violate or offend against
"violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity"
3. (adj) offensive
for the purpose of attack rather than defense
"offensive weapons"
4. (adj) offensive
causing anger or annoyance
"offensive remarks"
5. (adj) unsavory, unsavoury, offensive
morally offensive
"an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"
6. (adj) offensive
unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
"offensive odors"
7. (adj) dysphemistic, offensive
substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one
"`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'"
8. (adj) nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile
causing or able to cause nausea
"a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
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1. (adjective) offensive
≠ inoffensive
I found her remarks incredibly offensive.; Do you think the movie is offensive to women?
2. offensive
≠ defensive
an offensive play
3. offensive
≠ defensive
offensive arms/weapons
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Sense: insulting
offensive remarks.
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 Afrikaans: beledigend, aanstootlik |
 Arabic: هُجومي، مُهين، مُزْعِج |
 Bulgarian: обиждащ |
 Brazilian: ofensivo |
 Czech: urážlivý |
 German: verletzend |
 Danish: fornærmende |
 Greek: προσβλητικός |
 Spanish: ofensivo, insultante |
 Estonian: solvav |
 Farsi: توهین آمیز |
 Finnish: loukkaava |
 French: offensant |
 Hebrew: פּוֹגֵע |
 Hindi: अपमानजनक |
 Croatian: uvredljiv |
 Hungarian: sértő |
 Indonesian: menghina |
 Icelandic: móðgandi |
 Italian: offensivo |
 Japanese: 侮辱的な |
 Korean: 모욕적인 |
 Lithuanian: užgaulus, (į)žeidžiantis |
 Latvian: apvainojošs; aizvainojošs |
 Malay: menyakitkan hati |
 Dutch: beledigend |
 Norwegian: støtende, krenkende |
 Polish: obraźliwy |
 Persian: توهین آمیز |
 Pashto: توهين اميزه |
 Portuguese: ofensivo |
 Romanian: ofensator |
 Russian: оскорбительный |
 Slovak: urážlivý |
 Slovenian: žaljiv |
 Serbian: uvredljiv |
 Swedish: för-olämpande, sårande |
 Thai: เป็นการดูหมิ่น |
 Turkish: incitici |
 Taiwanese: 冒犯 |
 Ukrainian: образливий |
 Urdu: ہتک آميز |
 Vietnamese: làm khó chịu |
 Chinese: 冒犯 |
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