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  OFFENSIVE, adj.  Generating disagreeable emotions or sensations, as
  the advance of an army against its enemy.
      "Were the enemy's tactics offensive?" the king asked.  "I should
  say so!" replied the unsuccessful general.  "The blackguard wouldn't
  come out of his works!"
  
  

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     To take the offensive, To act on the offensive, To go on
     the offensive, to be the attacking party; to initiate
        hostilities.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

  Offensive \Of*fen"sive\, a. [Cf. F. offensif. See Offend.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment;
        displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.
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     2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable;
        revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive
        sounds. ``Offensive to the stomach.'' --Bacon.
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     3. Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence,
        used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an
        offensive war; offensive weapons.
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     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.
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     Syn: Displeasing; disagreeable; distasteful; obnoxious;
          abhorrent; disgusting; impertinent; rude; saucy;
          reproachful; opprobrious; insulting; insolent; abusive;
          scurrilous; assailant; attacking; invading.
          [1913 Webster] -- Of*fen"sive*ly, adv. --
          Of*fen"sive*ness, n.
          [1913 Webster]

  Offensive \Of*fen"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. ``Offensive to the stomach.'' --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. --
          Of*fen"sive*ly, adv. -- Of*fen"sive*ness, n.

  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.

  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]

  offensive
     Γαλλικά n.
     η επέλαση

  offensive
     Danish a.
     (da-e-form of: offensiv)
     French n.
     (lb fr military) (l en offensive) (gloss: an attack)
     French a.
     (adj form of fr offensif  f s)
     Italian a.
     (adj form of it offensivo  f p)
     Italian n.
     (plural of it offensiva)
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     (inflection of nn offensiv  def:sg//p)

  Offensive
     German n.
     1 f offensive (posture of attacking or being able to attack)
     2 f attack, offensive

  offensive
     a.
     Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger,
  hatred, sadness, or indignation.
     n.
     (lb en countable military) An attack.

  offensive
     Danish a.
     (da-e-form of: offensiv)
     French n.
     (lb fr military) (l en offensive) (gloss: an attack)
     French a.
     (adj form of fr offensif  f s)
     Italian a.
     (adj form of it offensivo  f p)
     Italian n.
     (plural of it offensiva)
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     (inflection of nn offensiv  def:sg//p)

  Offensive
     German n.
     1 f offensive (posture of attacking or being able to attack)
     2 f attack, offensive

  offensive
     Danish a.
     (da-e-form of: offensiv)
     French n.
     (lb fr military) (l en offensive) (gloss: an attack)
     French a.
     (adj form of fr offensif  f s)
     Italian a.
     (adj form of it offensivo  f p)
     Italian n.
     (plural of it offensiva)
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     (inflection of nn offensiv  def:sg//p)

  Offensive
     German n.
     1 f offensive (posture of attacking or being able to attack)
     2 f attack, offensive

  offensive
     Italia a.
     (taivm-mon-fem it offensivo)
     Ranska a.
     (taivm-y-fem fr offensif)
     Ranska n.
     hyökkäys, offensiivi

  offensive
     Engelska a.
     offensiv
     Engelska n.
     offensiv

  Offensive
     Tyska n.
     1 offensiv
     2 (tagg sport språk=de) offensiv

  offensive
     a.
     (böjning sv adj offensiv)

  Offensive /ˌɔfɛnzˈiːvə/ 
  offensive 
     Synonym: Angriff
  
   see: Offensiven, Angriffe, Frühjahrsoffensive
  

  Offensive /ˌɔfɛnˈziːvə/ 
  offensive
  Vorgehen gegen einen Gegner oder Feind

  Offensive /ˌɔfɛnˈziːvə/ 
  ofensif
  Vorgehen gegen einen Gegner oder Feind

  Offensive /ˌɔfɛnzˈiːvə/
  êrîş

  Offensive /ˌɔfɛnˈziːvə/ 
  ofensywa
  Vorgehen gegen einen Gegner oder Feind

  Offensive /ˌɔfɛnˈziːvə/ 
  наступление
  Vorgehen gegen einen Gegner oder Feind

  Offensive /ˌɔfɛnˈziːvə/ 
  ofensiva
  Vorgehen gegen einen Gegner oder Feind

  Offensive /ˌɔfɛnˈziːvə/ 
  offensiv
  Vorgehen gegen einen Gegner oder Feind

  Offensive /ˌɔfɛnzˈiːvə/
  saldırı

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/
  beledigend

  Offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/
  الهجوم

  offensive //əˈfɛnsɪv// //ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv// 
  1. оби́ден, оскърби́телен
  causing offense
  2. нападателен 2.
  relating to attack, offense
   3.
  team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring

  offensive //əˈfɛnsɪv// //ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv// 
  ата́ка, настъпле́ние
  an attack

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/ 
  útočný

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/ 
  útok

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/ 
  urážlivý

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/ 
  ofenzivní

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/ 
  výbojný

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/
  ofenzíva

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/ 
  ofenziva

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/ 
  offensiv

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/
  Ärgernis erregend, beleidigend 
     Synonym: liable to give offence/offense
  
   see: representation liable to give offence
  

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/
  offensive Haltung 
        "take the offensive"  - zur Offensive übergehen

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/
  Offensive , Angriff  [mil.]
   see: offensive, spring offensive
  

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/
  Offensiven , Angriffe 
   see: offensive, spring offensive
  

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/
  anzüglich, anstößig, ungehörig 
   see: more offensive, most offensive
  

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/
  offensiv, angreifend , Angriffs…

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/
  widerlich, widerwärtig, eklig 
        "an offensive odour"  - ein widerlicher Geruch
     Synonym: obnoxious
  

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/
  
  επίθεση, συνέπεια, προσβλητικός

  offensive //əˈfɛnsɪv// //ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv// 
  1. hyökkäävä, loukkaava, päällekäyvä
  causing offense
  2. hyökkäävä, hyökkäys-
  team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring

  offensive //əˈfɛnsɪv// //ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv// 
  1. hyökkäys, offensiivi
  an attack
  2. hyökkäyskannalla
  posture of attack

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/ 
  1. अपमानजनक
        "Ram found his behaviour most offensive."

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/
  agresivan, koji napada, napad, napadački, navala, neprijatan, odvratan, ofenziva, uvredljiv

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/
  1. offenzíva
  2. durva
  3. kellemetlen
  4. visszataszító
  5. sértô
  6. támadás
  7. támadó
  8. goromba

  offensive //əˈfɛnsɪv// //ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv// 
  menyinggung, tidak sopan
  causing offense

  offensive //əˈfɛnsɪv// //ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv// 
  1. 侮辱, 攻撃的, 気に障る
  causing offense
  2. 攻撃側
  team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring

  offensive //əˈfɛnsɪv// //ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv// 
  攻勢, 攻撃
  an attack

  offensive /ə'fensıv/
  1. puolamasis
  2. įžeidžiąs
  3. bjaurus, atstumiantis
  4. puolimas

  offensive /əfensiv/
  1. beledigend, smadelijk
  2. aanvallend, offensief
  3. stotend

  offensive /əˈfensɪv/
  I.   1.  obraźliwy
   2.  ofensywny
  II.   1.  ofensywa
   2.  *go on/take* the offensive ([go V: :on | take V: ] :the :offensive)
   - przechodzić do ofensywy

  offensive /əfensiv/
  ofensivo

  offensive //əˈfɛnsɪv// //ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv// 
  1. anstötlig, stötande
  causing offense
  2. offensiv 2.
  relating to attack, offense
   3.
  team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring

  offensive //əˈfɛnsɪv// //ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv// 
  offensiv
  an attack

  offensive /əfˈɛnsɪv/
  1. çirkin, iğrenç
  2. saldırıyla ilgili, hücuma ait
  3. yakışmaz
  4. kötü
  5. hakaret edici
  6. saldırı, hücum. offensively  tiksindirerek
  7. hücum ederek. offensiveness  tiksindiricilik.

  offensive /ɔ.fɑ̃.siv/ 
  ата́ка

  offensive /ɔ.fɑ̃.siv/ 
  Offensive

  offensive /ɔ.fɑ̃.siv/ 
  hyökkäys

  offensive /ɔ.fɑ̃.siv/ 
  offensiva

  offensive /ɔ.fɑ̃.siv/ 
  ofenzyva

  offensive /ɔ.fɑ̃.siv/ 
  наступление

  
/ʔɔffɛnˈziːfə/

  
/əˈfɛnsɪv/

  
/ɔfɑ̃siv/

  325 Moby Thesaurus words for "offensive":
     Fescennine, Rabelaisian, abhorrent, abominable, abusive,
     aggravated assault, aggression, aggressive, amphibious attack,
     antagonistic, appalling, armed assault, arrant, assailing,
     assailment, assault, atrocious, attack, attacking, awful, backhand,
     backhanded, bad, bad-smelling, banzai attack, barfy, base,
     battling, bawdy, beastly, bellicose, belligerent, below contempt,
     beneath contempt, blameworthy, blitz, blitzkrieg, bloodthirsty,
     bloody, bloody-minded, blue, boorish, brackish, breakthrough,
     brutal, caddish, calumnious, charge, chauvinist, chauvinistic,
     chintzy, cloying, coarse, combative, contemptible, contentious,
     contumelious, counterattack, counteroffensive, coup de main,
     crippling attack, crude, dead set at, degrading, deplorable,
     descent on, despicable, detestable, dire, dirty, disagreeable,
     discourteous, disgusting, displeasing, disrespectful, diversion,
     diversionary attack, dreadful, drive, egregious, enemy, enormous,
     evil, execrable, fecal, ferocious, fetid, fierce, fighting, filthy,
     flagrant, flank attack, forbidding, foul, foul-mouthed,
     foul-spoken, foul-tongued, frightful, frontal attack, frowsty,
     frowy, frowzy, full of fight, fulsome, funky, fusty, gamy,
     gas attack, ghastly, graveolent, grievous, grim, grisly, gross,
     gruesome, hateful, hawkish, head-on attack, heinous, hideous, high,
     horrible, horrid, hostile, humiliating, icky, ignoble, ill-bred,
     ill-smelling, impertinent, impolite, improper, impudent, impure,
     in bad taste, inappropriate, inconsiderate, indecent, indecorous,
     indelicate, inelegant, infamous, infiltration, inimical,
     insensitive, insolent, insulting, ithyphallic, jingo, jingoish,
     jingoist, jingoistic, lamentable, left-handed, lewd,
     lightning attack, lightning war, loathsome, lousy, loutish, louty,
     lurid, maggoty, malodorous, martial, mass attack, mawkish,
     megadeath, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, mildewed, mildewy, militant,
     militaristic, military, moldy, monstrous, mugging, musty, nasty,
     nauseant, nauseating, nauseous, nefarious, nidorous, noisome,
     notorious, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, odious,
     odorous, offense, olid, on the offensive, onset, onslaught,
     outrageous, overkill, overripe, panzer warfare, pitiable, pitiful,
     poisonous, pornographic, provocative, pugnacious, push, putrescent,
     putrid, quarrelsome, rancid, rank, raunchy, reasty, reasy,
     rebarbative, reechy, reeking, reeky, regrettable, repellent,
     repelling, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, ribald,
     rotten, rude, run against, run at, rush, saber-rattling, sad,
     salacious, sally, sanguinary, sanguineous, savage, scandalous,
     schlock, scrappy, scurrile, scurrilous, scurvy, shabby, shameful,
     shock tactics, shocking, shoddy, sickening, smellful, smelling,
     smelly, smoking-room, smutty, soldierlike, soldierly, sordid,
     sortie, spoiled, squalid, stenchy, stinking, strike, strong,
     stuffy, sulfurous, sultry, tactless, tasteless, terrible,
     threatening, too bad, trigger-happy, truculent, unappetizing,
     unbecoming, unbeseeming, unchaste, uncivil, unclean, uncongenial,
     undignified, unfeminine, unfitting, unfriendly, ungenteel,
     ungentle, ungentlemanly, ungrateful, unladylike, unmannerly,
     unpacific, unpalatable, unpeaceable, unpeaceful, unpleasant,
     unprintable, unprovoked assault, unrefined, unrepeatable, unsavory,
     unseemly, unsolicitous, unspeakable, unsuitable, untasteful,
     unwholesome, vile, villainous, vomity, vulgar, warlike,
     warmongering, warring, weevily, woeful, worst, worthless, wretched,
     yucky
  
  

  a. 令人不快的,侮辱的,攻击用的;

     a. 令人不快的,侮辱的,攻击用的