| ADJECTIVE | all | offensive, violative | violating / violating or tending to violate / violate or offend against |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | offensive | for the purpose of attack / attack rather than defense | |
| all | offensive | causing anger / anger or annoyance | |
| all | offensive, unsavory, unsavoury | morally offensive | |
| all | offensive | unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses | |
| all | offensive, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, sickening, vile | causing or able to cause nausea | |
| NOUN | act | offensive, offense, offence | the action of attacking an enemy / enemy |
| Sounds | ahfeh'nsihv | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... | |
| Meaning | violating / violating or tending to violate / violate or offend against. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity" | |
| Synonym | violative | |
| Broader | offending | offending against or breaking a law or rule |
| Nouns | offensiveness | the quality of being offensive |
| Verbs | offend | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises |
| Meaning | For the purpose of attack / attack rather than defense. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "offensive weapons" | |
| Narrower | antipersonnel | designed to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destruction |
| assaultive, attacking | disposed to attack / attack / attack / attack / attack | |
| hit-and-run, tip-and-run | designed for or consisting of a brief attack / attack followed by a quick escape | |
| incursive, invading, invasive | Involving invasion or aggressive attack | |
| marauding, predatory, raiding | Characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding | |
| on the offensive | actively attacking / attacking | |
| See also | aggressive | Having or showing determination and energetic / energetic pursuit of your ends |
| hostile | Characterized by enmity / enmity or ill ... / ill will | |
| Opposite | defensive | Intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack / attack / attack |
| Spanish | ofensivo | |
| Adverbs | offensively | in an aggressive manner |
| Meaning | Causing anger / anger or annoyance. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "offensive remarks" | |
| Attribute of | offensiveness, odiousness, distastefulness | The quality of being offensive |
| Narrower | abusive, opprobrious, scurrilous | Expressing offensive reproach |
| See also | disrespectful | Exhibiting lack of respect |
| harmful | Causing or capable of causing harm | |
| Opposite | inoffensive, unoffending | not causing anger / anger or annoyance |
| Spanish | ofensiva, ofensivo | |
| Catalan | ofensiu, ofensiva | |
| Nouns | offensiveness | the quality of being offensive |
| Adverbs | offensively | in an obnoxious manner |
| Verbs | offend | hurt the feelings of |
| offend | cause to feel resentment or indignation | |
| Meaning | morally offensive. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | unsavory, unsavoury | |
| Opposite | savory, savoury | morally wholesome or acceptable |
| Spanish | desagradable, ofensivo | |
| Nouns | offensiveness | the quality of being offensive |
| Verbs | offend | strike with disgust or revulsion |
| offend | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | |
| Meaning | Causing or able to cause nausea. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, sickening, vile | |
| Broader | unwholesome | detrimental to physical or moral well-being |
| Spanish | asqueroso, horrible, nauseabundo, nauseoso, nocivo, ofensivo | |
| Catalan | fastigós, horrible, nauseabund, vomitiu | |
| Nouns | offensiveness | the quality of being offensive |
| Verbs | offend | strike with disgust or revulsion |
| Meaning | The action of attacking an enemy / enemy. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | offense, offence | |
| 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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