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1. offensive
adjective. ['əˈfɛnsɪv'] violating or tending to violate or offend against.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- offensif (French)
Rhymes with Offensive
- comprehensive
- inexpensive
- hypertensive
- apprehensive
- extensive
- expensive
- intensive
- defensive
- pensive
Sentences with offensive
1. Adjective
They were designed because many gardeners have found the smell of marigolds offensive.
Quotes about offensive
1. I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. 'Action sport' would be the least offensive categorization.
- Tony Hawk
2. The line between humor and bad taste is your audience, in which some people will find everything offensive, and some people will find nothing offensive, but the truth is that most humor originates in what would be called bad taste.
- Robert Mankoff
3. Life itself is offensive and certainly does not apologize - in fact, it hurts considerably and, as we all know, is often very rude and troublesome, just as nature or art can be.
- Michael Leunig
2. offensive
noun. ['əˈfɛnsɪv'] the action of attacking an enemy.
Antonyms
Etymology
- offensif (French)
3. offensive
adjective. ['əˈfɛnsɪv'] causing anger or annoyance.
Antonyms
Etymology
- offensif (French)
4. offensive
adjective. ['əˈfɛnsɪv'] substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one.
Antonyms
Etymology
- offensif (French)
6. offensive
adjective. ['əˈfɛnsɪv'] causing or able to cause nausea.
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Antonyms
Etymology
- offensif (French)
7. offensive
adjective. ['əˈfɛnsɪv'] unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses.
Synonyms
- repelling
- horrid
- evil
- abhorrent
- obnoxious
- repulsive
- verminous
- hateful
- distastefulness
- loathly
- disgusting
- detestable
- repugnant
- rank
- odiousness
- ghoulish
- repellent
- foul
- wicked
- sepulchral
- skanky
- offensiveness
- unpleasant
- hideous
- objectionable
- revolting
- creepy
- distasteful
- yucky
- loathsome
- outrageous
- obscene
- ghastly
- unpalatable
- disgustful
- repellant
- morbid
- horrific
- charnel
Antonyms
Etymology
- offensif (French)