adj. 1.not pleasant; disagreeable; 2.causing anger or hurt feelings; 3.of or made for attack; n. an attitude or position of attack
The rotten fish had an offensive smell.
The rotten fish had an offensive smell.
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What did Sander's college offensive line call themselves?
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The nudity in the movie was offensive to the viewers.
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The mercaptan gives off an offensive odor.
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His obtrusive manner is offensive to the people he works with.
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He had the blocky build of an offensive lineman.
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They found his lordly manners offensive.
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Who did Skye offend when she told an ethnically offensive joke?
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What offensive term does Draco call Hermione?
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His inelegant manner at the dinner table was offensive to those around him.
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disgusting; distasteful; foul; loathsome; nasty
pleasant; agreeable
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of-fen-sive
pensive
defensive
expensive
extensive
offensive
apprehensive
comprehensive
hypertensive
inexpensive
inoffensive
counter
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