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 OFFENSIVE definition: 1 causing offence: 2 unpleasant: 3 used for attacking: Learn more
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
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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 - 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 - 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 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