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offensiveness

of·fen·sive
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uh-fen-siv or for 4, 5, aw-fen-, of-en-]
    • /əˈfɛn sɪv or for 4, 5, ˈɔ fɛn-, ˈɒf ɛn-/
    • /ə.ˈfen.sɪv.nəs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uh-fen-siv or for 4, 5, aw-fen-, of-en-]
    • /əˈfɛn sɪv or for 4, 5, ˈɔ fɛn-, ˈɒf ɛn-/

Definitions of offensiveness word

  • adjective offensiveness causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials. 1
  • adjective offensiveness unpleasant or disagreeable to the sense: an offensive odor. 1
  • adjective offensiveness repugnant to the moral sense, good taste, or the like; insulting: an offensive remark; an offensive joke. 1
  • adjective offensiveness pertaining to offense or attack: the offensive movements of their troops. 1
  • adjective offensiveness characterized by attack; aggressive: offensive warfare. 1
  • noun offensiveness the position or attitude of aggression or attack: to take the offensive. 1

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Origin of offensiveness

First appearance:

before 1540
One of the 30% oldest English words
1540-50; < Medieval Latin offēnsīvus, equivalent to Latin offēns(us) past participle of offendere (see offend) + -īvus -ive

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Parts of speech for Offensiveness

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

offensiveness popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

offensiveness usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for offensiveness

noun offensiveness

  • rudeness — discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way: a rude reply.
  • impoliteness — not polite or courteous; discourteous; rude: an impolite reply.
  • indecency — the quality or condition of being indecent.
  • vulgarity — the state or quality of being vulgar: the vulgarity of his remark.
  • abusiveness — using, containing, or characterized by harshly or coarsely insulting language: an abusive author; abusive remarks.

Antonyms for offensiveness

noun offensiveness

  • politeness — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
  • delicacy — Delicacy is the quality of being easy to break or harm, and refers especially to people or things that are attractive or graceful.
  • manners — mainour.
  • refinement — fineness or elegance of feeling, taste, manners, language, etc.
  • sophistication — sophisticated character, ideas, tastes, or ways as the result of education, worldly experience, etc.: the sophistication of the wealthy.

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