offensive 音标拼音: [əf'ɛnsɪv]
a . 令人不快的,侮辱的,攻击用的
令人不快的,侮辱的,攻击用的
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 "
[
synonym : {
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 " [
synonym : {
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 '"
[
synonym : {
dysphemistic }, {
offensive }] [
ant : {
euphemistic },
{
inoffensive }]
7 :
causing or able to cause nausea ; "
a nauseating smell ";
"
nauseous offal "; "
a sickening stench " [
synonym : {
nauseating },
{
nauseous }, {
noisome }, {
queasy }, {
loathsome }, {
offensive },
{
sickening }, {
vile }]
n 1 :
the action of attacking an enemy [
synonym : {
offense },
{
offence }, {
offensive }]
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 be the attacking party ;
to initiate hostilities .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
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 ;
noxious ;
as ,
an offensive smell ;
offensive sounds . "
Offensive to the stomach ." --
Bacon .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Making the first attack ;
assailant ;
aggressive ;
hence ,
used in attacking ; --
opposed to {
defensive };
as ,
an offensive war ;
offensive weapons .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
League offensive and defensive },
a leaque that requires all the parties to it to make war together against any foe ,
and to defend one another if attacked .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Displeasing ;
disagreeable ;
distasteful ;
obnoxious ;
abhorrent ;
disgusting ;
impertinent ;
rude ;
saucy ;
reproachful ;
opprobrious ;
insulting ;
insolent ;
abusive ;
scurrilous ;
assailant ;
attacking ;
invading .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Of *
fen "
sive *
ly },
adv . --
{
Of *
fen "
sive *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
325 Moby Thesaurus words for "
offensive ":
Fescennine ,
Rabelaisian ,
abhorrent ,
abominable ,
abusive ,
aggravated assault ,
aggression ,
aggressive ,
amphibious attack ,
antagonistic ,
appalling ,
armed assault ,
arrant ,
assailing ,
assailment ,
assault ,
atrocious ,
attack ,
attacking ,
awful ,
backhand ,
backhanded ,
bad ,
bad -
smelling ,
banzai attack ,
barfy ,
base ,
battling ,
bawdy ,
beastly ,
bellicose ,
belligerent ,
below contempt ,
beneath contempt ,
blameworthy ,
blitz ,
blitzkrieg ,
bloodthirsty ,
bloody ,
bloody -
minded ,
blue ,
boorish ,
brackish ,
breakthrough ,
brutal ,
caddish ,
calumnious ,
charge ,
chauvinist ,
chauvinistic ,
chintzy ,
cloying ,
coarse ,
combative ,
contemptible ,
contentious ,
contumelious ,
counterattack ,
counteroffensive ,
coup de main ,
crippling attack ,
crude ,
dead set at ,
degrading ,
deplorable ,
descent on ,
despicable ,
detestable ,
dire ,
dirty ,
disagreeable ,
discourteous ,
disgusting ,
displeasing ,
disrespectful ,
diversion ,
diversionary attack ,
dreadful ,
drive ,
egregious ,
enemy ,
enormous ,
evil ,
execrable ,
fecal ,
ferocious ,
fetid ,
fierce ,
fighting ,
filthy ,
flagrant ,
flank attack ,
forbidding ,
foul ,
foul -
mouthed ,
foul -
spoken ,
foul -
tongued ,
frightful ,
frontal attack ,
frowsty ,
frowy ,
frowzy ,
full of fight ,
fulsome ,
funky ,
fusty ,
gamy ,
gas attack ,
ghastly ,
graveolent ,
grievous ,
grim ,
grisly ,
gross ,
gruesome ,
hateful ,
hawkish ,
head -
on attack ,
heinous ,
hideous ,
high ,
horrible ,
horrid ,
hostile ,
humiliating ,
icky ,
ignoble ,
ill -
bred ,
ill -
smelling ,
impertinent ,
impolite ,
improper ,
impudent ,
impure ,
in bad taste ,
inappropriate ,
inconsiderate ,
indecent ,
indecorous ,
indelicate ,
inelegant ,
infamous ,
infiltration ,
inimical ,
insensitive ,
insolent ,
insulting ,
ithyphallic ,
jingo ,
jingoish ,
jingoist ,
jingoistic ,
lamentable ,
left -
handed ,
lewd ,
lightning attack ,
lightning war ,
loathsome ,
lousy ,
loutish ,
louty ,
lurid ,
maggoty ,
malodorous ,
martial ,
mass attack ,
mawkish ,
megadeath ,
mephitic ,
miasmal ,
miasmic ,
mildewed ,
mildewy ,
militant ,
militaristic ,
military ,
moldy ,
monstrous ,
mugging ,
musty ,
nasty ,
nauseant ,
nauseating ,
nauseous ,
nefarious ,
nidorous ,
noisome ,
notorious ,
noxious ,
objectionable ,
obnoxious ,
obscene ,
odious ,
odorous ,
offense ,
olid ,
on the offensive ,
onset ,
onslaught ,
outrageous ,
overkill ,
overripe ,
panzer warfare ,
pitiable ,
pitiful ,
poisonous ,
pornographic ,
provocative ,
pugnacious ,
push ,
putrescent ,
putrid ,
quarrelsome ,
rancid ,
rank ,
raunchy ,
reasty ,
reasy ,
rebarbative ,
reechy ,
reeking ,
reeky ,
regrettable ,
repellent ,
repelling ,
reprehensible ,
repugnant ,
repulsive ,
revolting ,
ribald ,
rotten ,
rude ,
run against ,
run at ,
rush ,
saber -
rattling ,
sad ,
salacious ,
sally ,
sanguinary ,
sanguineous ,
savage ,
scandalous ,
schlock ,
scrappy ,
scurrile ,
scurrilous ,
scurvy ,
shabby ,
shameful ,
shock tactics ,
shocking ,
shoddy ,
sickening ,
smellful ,
smelling ,
smelly ,
smoking -
room ,
smutty ,
soldierlike ,
soldierly ,
sordid ,
sortie ,
spoiled ,
squalid ,
stenchy ,
stinking ,
strike ,
strong ,
stuffy ,
sulfurous ,
sultry ,
tactless ,
tasteless ,
terrible ,
threatening ,
too bad ,
trigger -
happy ,
truculent ,
unappetizing ,
unbecoming ,
unbeseeming ,
unchaste ,
uncivil ,
unclean ,
uncongenial ,
undignified ,
unfeminine ,
unfitting ,
unfriendly ,
ungenteel ,
ungentle ,
ungentlemanly ,
ungrateful ,
unladylike ,
unmannerly ,
unpacific ,
unpalatable ,
unpeaceable ,
unpeaceful ,
unpleasant ,
unprintable ,
unprovoked assault ,
unrefined ,
unrepeatable ,
unsavory ,
unseemly ,
unsolicitous ,
unspeakable ,
unsuitable ,
untasteful ,
unwholesome ,
vile ,
villainous ,
vomity ,
vulgar ,
warlike ,
warmongering ,
warring ,
weevily ,
woeful ,
worst ,
worthless ,
wretched ,
yucky
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OFFENSIVE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of OFFENSIVE is making attack : aggressive How to use offensive in a sentence
OFFENSIVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary The word ' lady ' has connotations of refinement and excessive femininity that some women find offensive There were those who found the joke offensive, but Johnson insisted it was just a bit of harmless fun
OFFENSIVE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Offensive definition: causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying See examples of OFFENSIVE used in a sentence
Offensive - definition of offensive by The Free Dictionary 1 An attitude or position of attack: go on the offensive in chess 2 A physical or military attack or assault: led a massive military offensive
OFFENSIVE - Definition Translations | Collins English Dictionary Discover everything about the word "OFFENSIVE" in English: meanings, translations, synonyms, pronunciations, examples, and grammar insights - all in one comprehensive guide
offensive, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . . There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word offensive, four of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
offensive - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive antonym quotations Antonym: defensive The army's offensive capabilities An offensive weapon
What does offensive mean? - Definitions. net Offensive refers to something that is disagreeable, unpleasant, insulting, or causing discomfort or resentment due to its inappropriate, disrespectful, or hurtful nature
Offensive - Definition, Meaning, and Examples in English Used to describe something that causes someone to feel deeply hurt, upset, or angry This term is often broad and can refer to verbal, visual, or physical actions His comments were highly offensive to many listeners She found the joke offensive and asked him to stop
Offensive - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com Offensive describes rude or hurtful behavior, or a military or sports incursion into an opponent's territory In any context, "on the offensive" means on the attack