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The meaning of the word "Offensive" in English


Offensive a. : Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

Offensive a. : Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds.

Offensive a. : Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive war; offensive weapons.

Offensive n. : The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; -- opposed to defensive.

Example:
Is it Offensive to wear a turban for comfort and not for religious purpose?

Taxonomy
offensive, idioms, ofensiva, Synonyms, offensive odor, offensive gesture, military offensive, senses, Antonyms, offensive weapons, Dictionary, resentment, offensive line, offensive operations, offensive smell, flanking attack, sive, Devil's Dictionary.

Defination from the web:
offensive adj. Disagreeable to the senses: an offensive odor. Causing anger, displeasure, resentment, or affront: an offensive gesture ... SYNONYMS offensive, disgusting, loathsome, nasty, repellent, repulsive, revolting, vile. ... 

synonyms
  (adjective) violative
  (adjective) unsavory
  (adjective) unsavoury
  (adjective) dysphemistic
  (adjective) nauseating
  (adjective) nauseous
  (adjective) noisome
  (adjective) queasy
  (adjective) loathsome
  (adjective) sickening
  (adjective) vile
  (noun) offense
  (noun) offence
  (noun) military operation
  (noun) operation
antonyms
  (adjective) defensive
  (adjective) euphemistic
  (adjective) inoffensive
  (adjective) savory
related terms
  (adjective) aggressive
  (adjective) disrespectful
  (adjective) evil
  (adjective) harmful
  (adjective) hateful
  (adjective) hostile
  (adjective) unpalatable
  (adjective) unpleasant
similar terms
  (adjective) loathsome
  (adjective) abhorrent
  (adjective) abusive
  (adjective) antipersonnel
  (adjective) assaultive
  (adjective) attacking
  (adjective) charnel
  (adjective) creepy
  (adjective) detestable
  (adjective) disgustful
  (adjective) disgusting
  (adjective) distasteful
  (adjective) foul
  (adjective) ghastly
  (adjective) ghoulish
  (adjective) hideous
  (adjective) hit-and-run
  (adjective) horrid
  (adjective) horrific
  (adjective) incursive
  (adjective) insulting
  (adjective) invading
  (adjective) invasive
  (adjective) loathly
  (adjective) marauding
  (adjective) morbid
  (adjective) objectionable
  (adjective) obnoxious
  (adjective) obscene
  (adjective) odoriferous
  (adjective) offending
  (adjective) on the offensive
  (adjective) opprobrious
  (adjective) outrageous
  (adjective) predatory
  (adjective) raiding
  (adjective) rank
  (adjective) repellant
  (adjective) repellent
  (adjective) repelling
  (adjective) repugnant
  (adjective) repulsive
  (adjective) revolting
  (adjective) scrimy
  (adjective) scurrilous
  (adjective) sepulchral
  (adjective) skanky
  (adjective) tip-and-run
  (adjective) unwholesome
  (adjective) verminous
  (adjective) wicked
  (adjective) yucky


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