offensive
adjectives
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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for the purpose of attack rather than defense
"offensive weapons"
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designed to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destruction
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designed for or consisting of a brief attack followed by a quick escape
"hit-and-run units"; "tip-and-run assaults"
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characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
"bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party"
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having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends
"an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers"
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characterized by enmity or ill will
"a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"
causing anger or annoyance
"offensive remarks"
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causing or capable of causing harm
"too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
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exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous
"remarks disrespectful of the law"; "disrespectful in the presence of his parents"; "disrespectful toward his teacher"
morally offensive
"an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"
unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
"offensive odors"
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offensive to the mind
"an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"
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gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
"a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"
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highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
"a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
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grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
"subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
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causing disapproval or protest
"a vulgar and objectionable person"
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dirty and disgusting
"worry about the gossip and secretiveness and other scrimy sides"- Al Hine
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evoking or deserving hatred
"no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly
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not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind
"an unpalatable meal"; "unpalatable truths"; "unpalatable behavior"
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disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings
"an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"
substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one
"`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'"
causing or able to cause nausea
"a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
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