Definition of offensive

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Offensive (a.) Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive war; offensive weapons..

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Bad :: Bad (superl.) Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad news..
Drug :: Drug (v. t.) To tincture with something offensive or injurious.
Euphemism :: Euphemism (n.) A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable.
Silly :: Silly (n.) Harmless; innocent; inoffensive.
Stench :: Stench (v. i.) An ill smell; an offensive odor; a stink.
Eyesore :: Eyesore (n.) Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish.
Offensive :: Offensive (a.) Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive war; offensive weapons..
Nasty :: Nasty (superl.) Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous..
Malodor :: Malodor (n.) An Offensive to the sense of smell; ill-smelling.
Disagreeable :: Disagreeable (a.) Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.
Tolerance :: Tolerance (n.) The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration..
Offensive :: Offensive (a.) Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds..
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..
Licentious :: Licentious (a.) Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press..
Graveolence :: Graveolence (n.) A strong and offensive smell; rancidity.
Funk :: Funk (v. i.) To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
Mux :: Mux (v. t.) To mix in an unitidy and offensive way; to make a mess of.
Obscene :: Obscene (a/) Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures..
Battle-axe :: Battle-axe (n.) A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.
Elegant :: Elegant (a.) Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting admiration and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like; graceful; tasteful and highly attractive; as, elegant manners; elegant style of composition; an elegant speaker; an elegant structure..
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