What is another word for offensive?
Synonyms for offensive
əˈfɛn sɪv or, for 4,5 , ˈɔ fɛn-, ˈɒf ɛn-of·fen·sive
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Wiktionary
offensiveadjective
Synonyms:
invidiousoffensiveadjective
Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, or hatred
Some feminists find pornography offensive.
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invidiousoffensiveadjective
Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive.
The army's offensive capabilities. An offensive weapon.
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invidiousoffensiveadjective
Having to do with play directed at scoring.
The offensive coordinator is responsible for ordering all rushing plays.
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invidious
English Synonyms and Antonyms
offensive
Synonyms:
arrogant, austere, crabbed, disagreeable, displeasing, dreary, forbidding, gloomy, glum, grim, harsh, hateful, ill-humored, ill-natured, repellent, repelling, repulsive, unkind, unpleasantAntonyms:
agreeable, attractive, good-natured, kind, kindly, obliging, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
offensive
Synonyms:
aggressive, obnoxious, distasteful, displeasing, foul, fetid, unsavory
Princeton's WordNet
offense, offence, offensiveadjective
the action of attacking an enemy
Synonyms:
offense, criminal offence, criminal offense, umbrage, discourtesy, offensive activity, crime, offence, law-breakingAntonyms:
inoffensive, unoffending, wholesome, innocuous, offenceless, antitank, en garde, antiaircraft, offenseless, defensive, defending, antisubmarine, unobjectionableoffensive, violativeadjective
violating or tending to violate or offend against
"violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity"
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queasy, unsavory, loathsome, nauseating, unsavoury, nauseous, dysphemistic, sickening, violative, vile, noisomeAntonyms:
antisubmarine, inoffensive, defending, offenseless, wholesome, unoffending, defensive, offenceless, antiaircraft, unobjectionable, en garde, antitank, innocuousoffensiveadjective
for the purpose of attack rather than defense
"offensive weapons"
Synonyms:
queasy, unsavory, loathsome, nauseating, unsavoury, nauseous, dysphemistic, sickening, violative, vile, noisomeAntonyms:
inoffensive, antitank, unobjectionable, unoffending, antiaircraft, wholesome, innocuous, defending, defensive, offenseless, en garde, offenceless, antisubmarineoffensiveadjective
causing anger or annoyance
"offensive remarks"
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queasy, unsavory, loathsome, nauseating, unsavoury, nauseous, dysphemistic, sickening, violative, vile, noisomeAntonyms:
antiaircraft, unoffending, innocuous, antisubmarine, en garde, antitank, offenseless, wholesome, defensive, defending, offenceless, inoffensive, unobjectionableunsavory, unsavoury, offensiveadjective
morally offensive
"an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"
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queasy, unsavory, loathsome, nauseating, unsavoury, nauseous, dysphemistic, distasteful, sickening, violative, vile, noisomeAntonyms:
offenseless, defensive, innocuous, inoffensive, antitank, antiaircraft, en garde, unoffending, wholesome, unobjectionable, antisubmarine, offenceless, defendingoffensiveadjective
unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
"offensive odors"
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queasy, unsavory, loathsome, nauseating, unsavoury, nauseous, dysphemistic, sickening, violative, vile, noisomeAntonyms:
antisubmarine, offenceless, defending, antiaircraft, unoffending, defensive, unobjectionable, en garde, inoffensive, antitank, offenseless, wholesome, innocuousdysphemistic, offensiveadjective
substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one
"`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'"
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queasy, unsavory, loathsome, nauseating, unsavoury, nauseous, dysphemistic, sickening, violative, vile, noisomeAntonyms:
offenseless, en garde, inoffensive, antitank, offenceless, defending, defensive, innocuous, antiaircraft, antisubmarine, unoffending, wholesome, unobjectionablenauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vileadjective
causing or able to cause nausea
"a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
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noisome, fetid, nauseous, revolting, nauseating, unsavory, ugly, foul, repellent, dysphemistic, slimy, unsavoury, distasteful, anxious, sick, ill-scented, foetid, vile, despicable, disgustful, stinking, disgusting, sickening, smelly, repelling, worthless, unquiet, foul-smelling, loathsome, sickish, nauseated, nervous, yucky, wicked, uneasy, skanky, funky, wretched, loathly, violative, unworthy, queasy, repellantAntonyms:
unoffending, inoffensive, antiaircraft, offenseless, offenceless, antitank, wholesome, en garde, defending, antisubmarine, defensive, innocuous, unobjectionable
Dictionary of English Synonymes
offensiveadjective
Synonyms:
aggressive, assailant, attacking, invadingoffensiveadjective
Synonyms:
disgusting, nauseating, nauseous, sickening, loathsome, repulsiveoffensiveadjective
Synonyms:
disagreeable, unpleasant, unpalatable, displeasing, revolting, shocking, abominable, detestable, hateful, execrable, obnoxious
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
offensiveadjective
Synonyms:
obnoxious, displeasing, noisome, distasteful, insolent, abusive, aggressive, assailant, fetid, disagreeable, opprobrious, scurrilous, fulsome
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "offensive":
attack, insulting, aggressive, assault, onslaught, shocking, obnoxious, abusive, repugnant, pro-active, non-offensive, offense, attacking, derogatory
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2010 | crime | |
#2262 | attack | |
#4358 | sick | |
#6171 | assault | |
#6274 | offensive | |
#7144 | offense | |
#7366 | nervous | |
#7689 | ugly | |
#7750 | aggressive | |
#8459 | wicked | |
#9379 | funky | |
#9718 | foul | |
#10353 | offence | |
#11437 | harsh | |
#13365 | abusive | |
#13697 | attacking | |
#13864 | anxious | |
#14061 | shocking | |
#14856 | grim | |
#18616 | unpleasant | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#21751 | arrogant | |
#21931 | disgusting | |
#25644 | insulting | |
#27379 | vile | |
#27699 | uneasy | |
#28701 | gloomy | |
#28746 | repellent | |
#29579 | obnoxious | |
#30005 | smelly | |
#30054 | hateful | |
#30473 | onslaught | |
#30945 | wretched | |
#37338 | dreary | |
#38945 | unworthy | |
#42416 | forbidding | |
#42627 | derogatory | |
#43152 | repulsive | |
#45047 | stinking | |
#47706 | despicable | |
#48458 | sickening | |
#48820 | slimy | |
#53038 | austere | |
#55326 | repugnant | |
#55808 | disagreeable | |
#56411 | distasteful | |
#58305 | revolting | |
#60499 | unkind | |
#62396 | repellant | |
#65966 | loathsome | |
#75889 | unsavory | |
#77107 | glum | |
#77749 | yucky | |
#80214 | repelling | |
#80551 | violative | |
#81217 | nauseous | |
#83921 | skanky | |
#86575 | queasy | |
#94915 | nauseating | |
#110855 | invidious | |
#113981 | nauseated | |
#116654 | fetid | |
#116743 | unquiet | |
#128213 | umbrage | |
#142674 | displeasing | |
#143949 | unsavoury | |
#227568 | noisome | |
#246599 | discourtesy | |
#251752 | crabbed |
How to use offensive in a sentence?
When a second flight attendant instructed the passenger to wear his mask over his nose and mouth, he became combative and used offensive language.
I wouldn’t use the word offensive, I found them a little bit silly, a bit absurd, the issue was what impact did the fact that she has received huge amounts of funding from Wall Street have on her attitude towards Wall Street.
We'll see more of an unmitigated charm offensive than what's going on behind closed doors, the general view is there's an emerging crop of prospective leaders of the variety that sees international integration as an opportunity more than a threat, and has a more circumspect view of Beijing.
This military operation is limited in time. Russian air forces will help Assad's army while it's on the offensive mode, there will be no Russian boots on the ground.
}I'm not a political activist, but this is a non-offensive thing that I've had and it's part of who we are as a family and who I am and there was zero reason for them to take it away.
Translations for offensive
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- هجومArabic
- ата́ка, на́ступ, абра́злівыBelarusian
- обиден, оскърбителенBulgarian
- ofensiva, ofensiuCatalan, Valencian
- urážlivý, útok, ofenzívaCzech
- offensivDanish
- Offensive, beleidigend, offensivGerman
- επιθετικός, προσβλητικόςGreek
- ofensivo, ofensivaSpanish
- hyökkäyskanta, offensiivi, hyökkäys, pysyä hyökkäyskannalla, hyökkäys-, päällekäyvä, hyökkääväFinnish
- offensif, offensant, offensiveFrench
- oilbheumachScottish Gaelic
- अपमानजनकHindi
- offensiveIgbo
- offensivo, offensivaItalian
- 攻撃側, 攻撃的, 気に障る, 攻勢, 攻撃Japanese
- 공세Korean
- pūraurau, weriweri, koeo, mataharehare, hākikiMāori
- beledigend, offensief, aanvallend, aanval, klaar om aan te vallen, inval, walgelijk, weerzinwekkendDutch
- ofensywa, atak, obraźliwyPolish
- ofensivo, ofensivaPortuguese
- ofensant, ofensivă, ofensantă, atacRomanian
- наступательный, наступле́ние, оскорбительный, обидный, ата́каRussian
- ofanziva, офанзиваSerbo-Croatian
- stötande, offensiv, anstötligSwedish
- น่ารังเกียจThai
- ата́ка, на́ступ, обра́зливийUkrainian
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