Definition of 'offensive'

Noun

1. the action of attacking an enemy
      Synonyms: offense offence

Adjective

1. violating or tending to violate or offend against; "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity"
      Synonyms: violative
2. for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons"
      Antonyms: defensive
3. causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks"
      Antonyms: inoffensive unoffending
4. morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"
      Synonyms: unsavory unsavoury
      Antonyms: savory savoury inoffensive
5. unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
      Antonyms: inoffensive
6. of an offensive substitute for inoffensive terminology; "`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'"
      Synonyms: dysphemistic
      Antonyms: euphemistic inoffensive
7. causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
      Synonyms: nauseating nauseous noisome queasy loathsome sickening vile

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