offensiveness

Noun

Meaning

the quality of being offensive

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

odiousness distastefulness smut badness evil obscenity wickedness roughness depravity filth abomination insolence indecency sinfulness atrocity

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Antonyms

best enlightenment advantage balance depth beauty

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Hypernyms

unpleasantness

Hyponyms

wickedness blatancy lousiness repulsiveness loathsomeness sliminess

Examples

What is intoxicating about bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of offensiveness. Charles Baudelaire

Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each other's nostrils with an offensiveness beyond the power of any but the most monstrous private deed. Rebecca West

Close letter words and terms

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