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adjective
1.
causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
2.
unpleasant or disagreeable to the sense: an offensive odor.
3.
repugnant to the moral sense, good taste, or the like; insulting: an offensive remark; an offensive joke.
4.
pertaining to offense or attack: the offensive movements of their troops.
5.
characterized by attack; aggressive: offensive warfare.
noun
6.
the position or attitude of aggression or attack: to take the offensive.
7.
an aggressive movement or attack: a carefully planned naval offensive.
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Offensives
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Origin:
1540–50; < Medieval Latin offēnsīvus, equivalent to Latin offēns(us) past participle of offendere (see offend) + -īvus -ive
1540–50; < Medieval Latin offēnsīvus, equivalent to Latin offēns(us) past participle of offendere (see offend) + -īvus -ive
Related forms
of·fen·sive·ly, adverb
of·fen·sive·ness, noun
non·of·fen·sive, adjective
non·of·fen·sive·ly, adverb
non·of·fen·sive·ness, noun
EXPANDo·ver·of·fen·sive, adjective
o·ver·of·fen·sive·ly, adverb
o·ver·of·fen·sive·ness, noun
pre·of·fen·sive, adjective
pre·of·fen·sive·ly, adverb
pre·of·fen·sive·ness, noun
qua·si-of·fen·sive, adjective
qua·si-of·fen·sive·ly, adverb
su·per·of·fen·sive, adjective, noun
su·per·of·fen·sive·ly, adverb
su·per·of·fen·sive·ness, noun
un·of·fen·sive, adjective
un·of·fen·sive·ly, adverb
un·of·fen·sive·ness, noun
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. displeasing, vexatious, vexing, unpleasant. See hateful. 2, 3. distasteful, disgusting, revolting, repellent. 3. repulsive, shocking. 4. invading, attacking.
1. displeasing, vexatious, vexing, unpleasant. See hateful. 2, 3. distasteful, disgusting, revolting, repellent. 3. repulsive, shocking. 4. invading, attacking.
Antonyms
1, 2. pleasing. 4. defensive.
1, 2. pleasing. 4. defensive.
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Word Origin & History
offensive
"attacking" (1547), "insulting" (1576), both from M.Fr. offensif (fem. offensive), from M.L. offensivus, from L. offensus, pp. of offendere "offend" (see offend). The noun is 1720 from the adj.
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