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offensive
/ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv/
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What does offensive mean?
adjective
- Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation.
- Socially disrespectful; insensitive.
- Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive.
More meanings (3)
adjective
- Having to do with play directed at scoring.
noun
- An attack.
- The posture of attacking or being able to attack.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv/
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The prosperous patronage with which he said it, made him look twice as big as he was, and four times as offensive.
Try as she would, Trina could never quite eradicate from their rooms a certain faint and indefinable odor, particularly offensive to her.
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Yet, the smell of a Yahoo continuing very offensive, I always keep my nose well stopped with rue, lavender, or tobacco leaves.
One nation, the Soviet Union, has conducted the greatest military buildup in the history of man, building arsenals of awesome offensive weapons.
Research and training in chemical protection must be continued, and this can only be ensured by keeping abreast with offensive chemical warfare.