Offensive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Offensive	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Offensive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
offensive adj violating or tending to violate or offend against; "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity" Synonym(s): offensive, violative for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons" Antonym(s): defensive causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks" Antonym(s): inoffensive, unoffending morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal" Synonym(s): unsavory, unsavoury, offensive Antonym(s): savory, savoury unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors" Antonym(s): inoffensive substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one ; "`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'" Synonym(s): dysphemistic, offensive Antonym(s): euphemistic, inoffensive causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" Synonym(s): nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile n the action of attacking an enemy [syn: offense, offence, offensive]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Offensive \Offen"sive\, a. [Cf.F. offensif. See {Offend}.] 1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive* words. 2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds. [bd]Offensive to the stomach.[b8] --Bacon. 3. Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to {defensive}; as, an offensive war; offensive weapons. {League offensive and defensive}, a leaque that requires all the parties to it to make war together against any foe, and to defend one another if attacked. Syn: Displeasing; disagreeable; distasteful; obnoxious; abhorrent; disgusting; impertinent; rude; saucy; reproachful; opprobrious; insulting; insolent; abusive; scurrilous; assailant; attacking; invading. -- {Offen"sively}, adv. -- {Offen"siveness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Offensive \Of*fen"sive\, n. The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; -- opposed to {defensive}. {To act on the offensive}, to be the attacking party.