offensive

offensive
of·fen·sive /ə-'fen-siv/ adj
1: of, relating to, or designed for attack
offensive weapons
2: causing displeasure or resentment; esp: contrary to a particular or prevailing sense of what is decent, proper, or moral
depicted sexual acts in a patently offensive way see also obscene
of·fen·sive·ly adv
of·fen·sive·ness n

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

offensive
I (offending) adjective abhorrent, abominable, abusive, annoying, antipathetic, beneath contempt, biting, blasphemous, coarse, contemptible, contumelious, detestable, disagreeable, discourteous, disdainful, disgusting, displeasing, disrespectful, distasteful, execrable, foul, gravis, harsh, hateful, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, ignoble, ill-bred, impertinent, impious, impudent, inaffable, indecent, inharmonious, insolent, insulting, intolerable, invidious, irritating, loathsome, low, malignant, monstrous, nasty, nauseating, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, odiosus molestus, odious, offending, opprobrious, outrageous, peccant, putrid, reeking, repellent, repelling, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, ribald, rude, sarcastic, saucy, shocking, sickening, stinging, truculent, unbearable, uncivil, uncongenial, unendurable, ungracious, unmannered, unmannerly, unpalatable, unpleasant, unpleasing, unsavory, unspeakable, vile, wounding II (taking the initiative) adjective aggressive, agitational, antagonistic, assailant, assailing, attacking, battling, bellicose, combative, contentious, disruptive, exciting, fighting, hostile, inciting, incursive, inflammatory, instigating, instigative, invading, invasive, militant, militaristic, provocative, provoking, unpacific, unpeaceful, warlike III index antipathetic (distasteful), bad (offensive), blatant (obtrusive), calumnious, contemptible, contemptuous, foray, gross (flagrant), heinous, impertinent (insolent), inelegant, insolent, invidious, lewd, litigious, loathsome, lurid, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, odious, onset (assault), outrageous, peccant (culpable), presumptuous, profligate (corrupt), pugnacious, reprehensible, repugnant (exciting aversion), repulsive, salacious, scandalous, scurrilous, unacceptable, unbecoming, unendurable, unsatisfactory, unsavory, unseemly, vicious

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  • offensive — [ ɔfɑ̃siv ] n. f. • 1587; de offensif 1 ♦ Action d attaquer l ennemi, en prenant l initiative des opérations. ⇒ attaque. Prendre, reprendre l offensive. Passer à l offensive. Une offensive : attaque d envergure, exécutée à l échelon d une grande… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • offensive# — offensive adj 1 attacking, aggressive (see under ATTACK n) Analogous words: invasive, incursive (see corresponding nouns at INVASION): assaulting, assailing, attacking, bombarding, storming (see ATTACK vb) 2 Offensive, loathsome, repulsive,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Offensive — Of*fen sive, a. [Cf. F. offensif. See {Offend}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words. [1913 Webster] 2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Offensive — Of*fen sive, n. The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; opposed to {defensive}. [1913 Webster] {To take the offensive}, {To act on the offensive}, {To go on the offensive}, to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • offensive — UK US /əˈfensɪv/ adjective ► causing someone to feel upset and angry, often because of being rude: offensive to sb »His comments were highly offensive to women. »The channel ran a series of grossly offensive advertisements …   Financial and business terms

  • offensive — [adj1] disrespectful, insulting; displeasing abhorrent, abusive, annoying, biting, cutting, detestable, disagreeable, discourteous, distasteful, dreadful, embarrassing, evil, foul, ghastly, grisly, gross, hideous, horrible, horrid, impertinent,… …   New thesaurus

  • offensive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) causing offence. 2) involved or used in active attack. 3) chiefly N. Amer. relating to the team in possession of the ball or puck in a game. ► NOUN ▪ a military campaign of attack. ● be on the offensive Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

  • offensive — [ə fen′siv; ] for adj., also [ ô′fen΄siv] adj. [ML offensivus < L offensa,OFFENSE] 1. attacking; aggressive 2. of or for attack ☆ 3. designating or of the side that is seeking to score in any contest 4. unpleasant, as to the senses;… …   English World dictionary

  • Offensive — (v. lat.), der Angriff, im Gegensatz zur. Defensive (s.d.), besteht darin, daß die feindliche Macht aufgesucht u. angegriffen wird, der Offensivkrieg od. Angriffskrieg beginnt daher mit dem Einbruch in Feindes Land. Man unterscheidet dabei… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Offensīve — (franz.), das angriffsweise Vorgehen gegen den Feind im Gegensatz zum Abwarten desselben in der Defensive (s. d.). Man unterscheidet die strategische O., das Angriffsverfahren in der Kriegführung, und die taktische O., den Angriff auf dem… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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