offensive
Speech parts
1. offensive - Noun
2. offensive - Adjective
3. offensive - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.
Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds.
Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive war; offensive weapons.
The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; -- opposed to defensive.
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Examples
a nauseating smell
nauseous offal
a sickening stench
offensive odors
an unsavory reputation
an unsavory scandal