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Synonyms for offensive
Noun
- 1. offense, offence, offensive, operation, military operation
- usage: the action of attacking an enemy
Adjective
- 1. offensive, violative, offending (vs. unoffending)
- usage: violating or tending to violate or offend against; "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity"
- 2. offensive (vs. defensive), antipersonnel, assaultive, attacking(prenominal), hit-and-run, tip-and-run, incursive, invading, invasive, marauding, predatory, raiding, on the offensive(predicate), aggressive, hostile
- usage: for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons"
- 3. offensive (vs. inoffensive), abusive, insulting, opprobrious, scornful, scurrilous, disrespectful, harmful
- usage: causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks"
- 4. unsavory (vs. savory), unsavoury, offensive, odoriferous
- usage: morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"
- 5. offensive (vs. inoffensive), abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive, charnel, ghastly, sepulchral, creepy, disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky, ghoulish, morbid, hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous, objectionable, obnoxious, unpleasant, rank, scrimy, verminous, evil#1, wicked, hateful, unpalatable, unpleasant
- usage: unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
- 6. dysphemistic (vs. euphemistic), offensive
- usage: of an offensive substitute for inoffensive terminology; "`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'"
- 7. nauseating, nauseous, noisome, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile, unwholesome (vs. wholesome)
- usage: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
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