Definition of offensive

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Offensive (a.) Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words..

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Disagreeably :: Disagreeably (adv.) In a disagreeable manner; unsuitably; offensively.
Displeasing :: Displeasing (a.) Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive; disagreeable.
Unpleasant :: Unpleasant (a.) Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive.
Harmless :: Harmless (a.) Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive.
Armory :: Armory (n.) Armor; defensive and offensive arms.
Hyoscyamine :: Hyoscyamine (n.) An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc..
Offensive :: Offensive (a.) Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds..
Protractor :: Protractor (n.) An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound.
Sightless :: Sightless (a.) Offensive or unpleasing to the eye; unsightly; as, sightless stains..
Disrelish :: Disrelish (v. t.) Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at.
Indelicacy :: Indelicacy (n.) The quality of being indelicate; want of delicacy, or of a nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners, language, etc.; rudeness; coarseness; also, that which is offensive to refined taste or purity of mind..
Silly :: Silly (n.) Harmless; innocent; inoffensive.
Inoffensive :: Inoffensive (a.) Not obstructing; presenting no interruption bindrance.
Clear :: Clear (v. t.) To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; -- often used with of, off, away, or out..
Stinkpot :: Stinkingly (adv.) In a stinking manner; with an offensive smell.
Trophy :: Trophy (n.) The representation of such a memorial, as on a medal; esp. (Arch.), an ornament representing a group of arms and military weapons, offensive and defensive..
Antibromic :: Antibromic (n.) An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer.
Defensive :: Defensive (a.) Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor..
Indelicate :: Indelicate (a.) Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior..
Fulsome :: Fulsome (a.) Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery..
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