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Definitions for Offensive
[1] causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
[2] unpleasant or disagreeable to the sense: an offensive odor.
[3] repugnant to the moral sense, good taste, or the like; insulting: an offensive remark; an offensive joke.
[4] pertaining to offense or attack: the offensive movements of their troops.
[5] characterized by attack; aggressive: offensive warfare.
[6] the position or attitude of aggression or attack: to take the offensive.
[7] an aggressive movement or attack: a carefully planned naval offensive.
[8] unpleasant or disgusting, as to the senses
[9] causing anger or annoyance; insulting
[10] for the purpose of attack rather than defence
[11] the offensive an attitude or position of aggression
[12] an assault, attack, or military initiative, esp a strategic one
Words related to Offensive
distasteful, obnoxious, embarrassing, rude, abhorrent, objectionable, abusive, reprehensible, irritating, outrageous, repulsive, horrible, shocking, annoying, repugnant, aggressive, invasion, assault, onslaught, aggression
Words nearby Offensive
offenbach, offence, offend, offense, offenseless, offensive, offer, offer document, offer price, offering, offering price
Origin of Offensive
1540–50; < Medieval Latin offēnsīvus, equivalent to Latin offēns(us ) past participle of offendere (see offend) + -īvus -ive
Other words from Offensive
of·fen·sive·ly , adverb
of·fen·sive·ness , noun
non·of·fen·sive , adjective
non·of·fen·sive·ly , adverb
non·of·fen·sive·ness , noun
o·ver·of·fen·sive , adjective
o·ver·of·fen·sive·ly , adverb
o·ver·of·fen·sive·ness , noun
pre·of·fen·sive , adjective
pre·of·fen·sive·ly , adverb
pre·of·fen·sive·ness , noun
qua·si-of·fen·sive , adjective
qua·si-of·fen·sive·ly , adverb
su·per·of·fen·sive , adjective, noun
su·per·of·fen·sive·ly , adverb
su·per·of·fen·sive·ness , noun
un·of·fen·sive , adjective
un·of·fen·sive·ly , adverb
un·of·fen·sive·ness , noun
Synonyms for Offensive
abhorrent, abusive, annoying, distasteful, embarrassing, horrible, irritating, objectionable, obnoxious, outrageous, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, rude, shocking, cutting, evil, foul, gross, repellent, biting, detestable, disagreeable, discourteous, dreadful, ghastly, grisly, hideous, horrid, impertinent, insolent, invidious, nauseating, odious, off-color, offending, opprobrious, revolting, rotten, stinking, terrible, uncivil, unmannerly