Offensive - Definition
offensive
adj 1: violating or tending to violate or offend against;
"violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered
such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity"
[syn: offensive, violative]
2: for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive
weapons" [ant: defensive]
3: causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks" [ant:
inoffensive, unoffending]
4: morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory
scandal" [syn: unsavory, unsavoury, offensive] [ant:
savory, savoury]
5: unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive
odors" [ant: inoffensive]
6: substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one ;
"`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'"
[syn: dysphemistic, offensive] [ant: euphemistic,
inoffensive]
7: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell";
"nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: nauseating,
nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive,
sickening, vile]
n 1: the action of attacking an enemy [syn: offense,
offence, offensive]