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Definisjon av offensive

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WordNet WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective
offensive - unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
inoffensive giving no offense; "a quiet inoffensive man"; "a refreshing inoffensive stimulant"
evil morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"
hateful evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly
unpalatable not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind; "an unpalatable meal"; "unpalatable truths"; "unpalatable behavior"
unpleasant disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"
odiousness, offensiveness, distastefulness the quality of being offensive
abhorrent, repugnant, detestable, obscene, repulsive 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"
charnel, ghastly, sepulchral 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"
creepy causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin; "a creepy story"; "I had a creepy-crawly feeling"
disgustful, skanky, revolting, repelling, yucky, loathly, disgusting, loathsome, distasteful, repellant, repellent, wicked, foul 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"
ghoulish, morbid suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details"
hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask"
obnoxious, objectionable causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"
rank growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation"
scrimy dirty and disgusting; "worry about the gossip and secretiveness and other scrimy sides"- Al Hine
offensive - for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons"
defensive intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack; "defensive weapons"; "a defensive stance"
aggressive 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"
hostile unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business); "hostile takeover"; "hostile tender offer"; "hostile bid"
antipersonnel designed to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destruction
assaultive, attacking disposed to attack
tip-and-run, hit-and-run involving a driver of a motor vehicle who leaves the scene of an accident
incursive, invading, invasive involving invasion or aggressive attack; "invasive war"
marauding, raiding, predatory characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party"
offensive - causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks"
unoffending, inoffensive not offending; "an unoffending motorist should not have been stopped"
disrespectful exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous; "remarks disrespectful of the law"; "disrespectful in the presence of his parents"; "disrespectful toward his teacher"
harmful causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
odiousness, offensiveness, distastefulness the quality of being offensive
offensive - violating or tending to violate or offend against; "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity"
violative
offending offending against or breaking a law or rule; "contracts offending against the statute were canceled"
offensive - causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, sickening, vile
unwholesome detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"
offensive - morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"
unsavory, unsavoury
savory, savoury morally wholesome or acceptable; "a past that was scarcely savory"
offensive - substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one ; "`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'"
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Substantiv
offensive - An attack.
offensive - The posture of attacking or being able to attack.

Adjektiv
offensive - Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, or hatred.
offensive - Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive.
offensive - Having to do with play directed at scoring.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • offensive
    Causing anger or annoyance.
  • offensive
    A military attack.
  • offensive
    Used to attack.

Adjektiv - Gradbøying

  • Positiv: offensive
  • Komparativ: more offensive
  • Superlativ: most offensive

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