[uh-fen-siv or, for 4, 5, aw-fen-, of-en-] 
| 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. |
| 6. | the position or attitude of aggression or attack: to take the offensive. |
| 7. | an aggressive movement or attack: a carefully planned naval offensive. |
