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offensive
adj 1: violating or tending to violate or offend against; "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity" [syn: violative] 2: for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons" [ant: defensive] 3: causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks" [ant: inoffensive] 4: morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal" [syn: unsavory, unsavoury] [ant: savory] 5: unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors" [ant: inoffensive] 6: of an offensive substitute for inoffensive terminology; "`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'" [syn: dysphemistic] [ant: euphemistic] 7: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: nauseating, nauseous, noisome, loathsome, sickening, vile] n : the action of attacking an enemy [syn: offense, offence]
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