DICTOMETER

OFFENSIVE

(offensive, ofensiva, anstøtelig, offensiv)

1. Synonyms:
   • Offense
   • Offence
   • Offensive
   Definitions:
   • the action of attacking an enemy
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Offensive
   • Violative
   Definitions:
   • violating or tending to violate or offend against
   Examples:
   • Violative of the principles of liberty
   • Considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity
   Antonyms:
   • Unoffending
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Offensive
   Definitions:
   • for the purpose of attack rather than defense
   Examples:
   • Offensive weapons
   Antonyms:
   • DEFENSIVE
   • antiaircraft
   • antisubmarine
   • antitank
   • defending
   • en garde
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Offensive
   Definitions:
   • causing anger or annoyance
   Examples:
   • Offensive remarks
   Antonyms:
   • INOFFENSIVE
   • offenseless, offenceless
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Unsavory
   • Unsavoury
   • Offensive
   Definitions:
   • morally offensive
   Examples:
   • An unsavory reputation
   • An unsavory scandal
   Antonyms:
   • AVORY
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Offensive
   Definitions:
   • unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
   Examples:
   • Offensive odors
   Antonyms:
   • INOFFENSIVE
   • innocuous, unobjectionable
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Dysphemistic
   • Offensive
   Definitions:
   • substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one
   Examples:
   • `nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'
   Antonyms:
   • PHEMISTIC
   
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Nauseating
   • Nauseous
   • Noisome
   • Queasy
   • Loathsome
   • Offensive
   • Sickening
   • Vile
   Definitions:
   • causing or able to cause nausea
   Examples:
   • A nauseating smell
   • Nauseous offal
   • A sickening stench
   Antonyms:
   • Wholesome