NOUN | act | offense, discourtesy, offence, offensive activity | a lack of politeness |
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feeling | offense, umbrage, offence | a feeling of anger caused by being offended | |
act | offense, offence | a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right | |
group | offense, offence | the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score | |
act | offense, offence, offensive | the action of attacking an enemy / enemy |
Sounds | ahfeh'ns | |
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Rhymes | commence ... whence: 23 rhymes with ehns... |
Meaning | A lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others. | |
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Synonyms | discourtesy, offence, offensive activity | |
Narrower | derision, ridicule | The act of deriding or treating with contempt / contempt |
indelicacy | An impolite act or expression | |
insolence | An offensive disrespectful impudent act | |
insult, affront | A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect | |
presumption | A kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming | |
rebuff, slight | A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger / anger or disapproval) | |
Broader | behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings | manner of acting or controlling yourself |
Spanish | atentado, descortesía, injuria, ofensa | |
Catalan | atemptat, descortesia, injúria, ofensa | |
Verbs | offend | hurt the feelings of |
Meaning | A feeling of anger caused by being offended. | |
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Synonyms | umbrage, offence | |
Broader | anger, choler, ire | A strong emotion |
Spanish | ofensa, resentimiento | |
Catalan | ofensa, ressentiment |
Meaning | A transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right. | |
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Synonym | offence | |
Narrower | crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
Broader | transgression, evildoing | The act of transgressing |
Spanish | crimen, delito, delitos, infracción | |
Catalan | crim, delicte, infracció | |
Verbs | offend | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises |
Meaning | The team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score. | |
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Synonym | offence | |
Broader | team, squad | A cooperative unit (especially in sports) |
Opposite | defense, defence, defending team | (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring |
Meaning | The action of attacking an enemy / enemy. | |
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Synonyms | offence, offensive | |
Narrower | counteroffensive | A large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking / attacking force |
dirty war | An offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims | |
rollback, push back | The act of forcing the enemy / enemy to withdraw | |
Broader | operation, military operation | Activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) |
Spanish | ataque, ofensiva | |
Catalan | atac, ofensa, ofensiva |
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