ALL meanings of offensive
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O o - noun offensive Causing someone to feel deeply hurt, upset, or angry. 1
- adjective offensive morally repugnant 1
- adjective offensive sport: attacking 1
- adjective offensive relating to attack or offense 1
- noun offensive war: attack 1
- adjective offensive causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials. 1
- adjective offensive unpleasant or disagreeable to the sense: an offensive odor. 1
- adjective offensive repugnant to the moral sense, good taste, or the like; insulting: an offensive remark; an offensive joke. 1
- adjective offensive pertaining to offense or attack: the offensive movements of their troops. 1
- adjective offensive characterized by attack; aggressive: offensive warfare. 1
- noun offensive the position or attitude of aggression or attack: to take the offensive. 1
- noun offensive an aggressive movement or attack: a carefully planned naval offensive. 1
- adjective offensive Something that is offensive upsets or embarrasses people because it is rude or insulting. 0
- countable noun offensive A military offensive is a carefully planned attack made by a large group of soldiers. 0
- countable noun offensive If you conduct an offensive, you take strong action to show how angry you are about something or how much you disapprove of something. 0
- adjective offensive In sports such as American football or basketball, the offensive team is the team which has possession of the ball and is trying to score. 0
- adjective offensive unpleasant or disgusting, as to the senses 0
- adjective offensive causing anger or annoyance; insulting 0
- adjective offensive for the purpose of attack rather than defence 0
- noun offensive an assault, attack, or military initiative, esp a strategic one 0
- adjective offensive attacking; aggressive 0
- adjective offensive of or for attack 0
- adjective offensive designating or of the side that is seeking to score in any contest 0
- adjective offensive unpleasant, as to the senses; disgusting; repugnant 0
- adjective offensive causing resentment, anger, etc.; insulting 0
- noun offensive attitude or position of attack 0
- noun offensive an attack or hostile action, esp. by armed forces 0