Offensive

//əˈfɛnsɪv//

Synonyms for "offensive" (382 found)

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Closest matches (77)

Adjective(2 words)
affrontiveaggressive

Strong matches (114)

damnabledead set atdegradingdeplorablederogatorydescent ondespicablediredirtydisagreeablediscourteousdisgustingdispleasingdisrespectfuldistastefuldiversiondiversionary attackdreadfuldriveegregious
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Adjective(2 words)
gooeyinvidious
Adjective(1 words)
loathsome

Related words (191)

loutishloutyluridmaggotymalodorousmaraudingmartialmass attackmawkishmegadeathmephiticmiasmalmiasmicmildewedmildewymilitantmilitaristicmilitarymoldymonstrous
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muggingmustynastynaughtynauseantnauseousnefariousnidorousnoisomenotoriousnoxiousobnoxiousobsceneodiousodorousolidon offensiveon the offensiveonsetonslaughtopprobriousoverkilloverripepanzer warfarepersonalpitiablepitifulpoisonouspornographicprovocativepugnaciouspushpushyputrescentputridquarrelsomerabelaisianrancidraunchyreastyreasyrebarbativereechyreekingreekyregrettablerepellentrepellingreprehensiblerepugnantrepulsiverevoltingribaldrottenruderun againstrun atrushsaber-rattlingsadsalacioussallysanguinarysanguineoussavagescandalousschlockscrappyscrimyscurrilescurrilousscurvyshabbyshamefulshock tacticsshockingshoddysickeningsmellfulsmellingsmellysmoking-roomsmuttysoldierlikesoldierlysordidsortiespicyspoiledsqualidstenchystinkingstrikestrongstuffysuggestivesulfuroussultrytactlesstastelessterriblethreateningtip and runtoo badtrigger happytrigger-happytruculentuglyunappetizingunbecomingunbeseemingunchasteunciviluncleanuncongenialundesirableundignifiedunfeminineunfittingunfriendlyungenteelungentleungentlemanlyungratefulunladylikeunmannerlyunpacificunpalatableunpeaceableunpeacefulunpleasantunprintableunprovoked assaultunrefinedunrepeatableunseemlyunsolicitousunspeakableunsuitableuntastefulunwholesomeverminousvilevillainousviolativevomityvulgarwarlikewarmongeringwarringweevilywoefulworstworthlesswretchedyucky
Noun(2 words)
offenceoffense

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Antonyms

4 entries

Synonyms

6 entries

Related terms

2 entries

derived

24 entries

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has context

2 entries

related to

14 entries

similar

75 entries

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Translations

213 translations across 67 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • offensief noun (an attack)

Albanian

2 entries
  • ofensivë noun (an attack)
  • sulm noun (an attack)

Arabic

3 entries
  • حَمْلَة noun (an attack)
  • هَجْمَة noun (an attack)
  • هُجُوم noun (an attack)

Armenian

3 entries
  • վիրավորական adj (causing offense)
  • գրոհ noun (an attack)
  • հարձակում noun (an attack)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • alçaldıcı adj (causing offense)
  • incidici adj (causing offense)
  • təhqiramiz adj (causing offense)
  • təhqiredici adj (causing offense)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • һөжүм noun (an attack)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • абра́злівы adj (causing offense)
  • наступа́льны adj (relating to attack, offense)
  • ата́ка noun (an attack)
  • на́ступ noun (an attack)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • нападателен adj (relating to attack, offense)
  • нападателен adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)
  • оби́ден adj (causing offense)
  • оскърби́телен adj (causing offense)

Catalan

1 entries
  • ofensiu adj (causing offense)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 冒犯的 adj (causing offense)
  • 有攻擊性 /有攻击性 adj (causing offense)
  • 進攻性的 /进攻性的 adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)
  • 攻勢 /攻势 noun (an attack)

Czech

4 entries
  • urážlivý adj (causing offense)
  • napadení noun (an attack)
  • ofenzíva noun (an attack)
  • útok noun (an attack)

Danish

4 entries
  • anstødelig adj (causing offense)
  • offensiv adj (relating to attack, offense)
  • offensiv adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)
  • stødende adj (causing offense)

Dutch

4 entries
  • aanvallend adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)
  • beledigend adj (causing offense)
  • offensief adj (relating to attack, offense)
  • offensief adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • ofenda adj (causing offense)
  • ofensiva adj (relating to attack, offense)
  • ofensivo noun (an attack)

Estonian

2 entries
  • ofensiiv noun (an attack)
  • pealetung noun (an attack)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hyökkäys adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)
  • hyökkäävä adj (causing offense)
  • hyökkäävä adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)
  • loukkaava (hurtful) adj (causing offense)

French

4 entries
  • offensant adj (causing offense)
  • offensif adj (relating to attack, offense)
  • offensif adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)
  • offensive noun (an attack)

Galician

3 entries
  • ofensivo adj (causing offense)
  • ofensivo adj (relating to attack, offense)
  • ofensivo adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)

Georgian

2 entries
  • იერიში noun (an attack)
  • შეტევა noun (an attack)

German

4 entries
  • beleidigend adj (causing offense)
  • offensiv adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)
  • Angriff noun (an attack)
  • Offensive noun (an attack)

Greek

3 entries
  • επιθετικός adj (relating to attack, offense)
  • επιθετικός adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)
  • προσβλητικός adj (causing offense)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • הַתְקָפָה noun (an attack)

Hindi

2 entries
  • आक्रमण noun (an attack)
  • हमला noun (an attack)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bántó adj (causing offense)
  • durva adj (causing offense)
  • goromba adj (causing offense)
  • sértő adj (causing offense)

Ido

4 entries
  • desagreabla adj (causing offense)
  • ofensanta adj (causing offense)
  • ofensema adj (causing offense)
  • ofensiva adj (causing offense)

Igbo

1 entries
  • offensive noun (an attack)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • menyinggung adj (causing offense)
  • tidak sopan adj (causing offense)

Italian

2 entries
  • offensivo adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)
  • offensiva noun (posture of attack)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 侮辱的な adj (causing offense)
  • 攻撃側の adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)
  • 攻撃的な adj (causing offense)
  • 気に障る adj (causing offense)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • шабуыл noun (an attack)

Korean

2 entries
  • 공격 noun (an attack)
  • 공세 noun (an attack)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • чабуул noun (an attack)

Latin

3 entries
  • offensus adj (causing offense)
  • repudiōsus adj (causing offense)
  • taeter adj (causing offense)

Latvian

2 entries
  • ofensīva noun (an attack)
  • uzbrukums noun (an attack)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • ofenzyva noun (an attack)
  • puolimas noun (an attack)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • навредлив adj (causing offense)
  • напад noun (an attack)
  • офанзи́ва noun (an attack)

Malay

1 entries
  • ofensif noun (an attack)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ആക്രമണം noun (an attack)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • дайралт noun (an attack)

Māori

4 entries
  • harehare adj (causing offense)
  • harehare adj (causing offense)
  • hākiki adj (causing offense)
  • koeo adj (causing offense)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • offensiv adj (relating to attack, offense)
  • offensiv adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)
  • offensiv noun (an attack)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • offensiv adj (relating to attack, offense)
  • offensiv adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)
  • offensiv noun (an attack)

Occitan

4 entries
  • ofensant adj (causing offense)
  • ofensiu adj (relating to attack, offense)
  • ofensiu adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)
  • ofensiva noun (an attack)

Pashto

2 entries
  • حمله noun (an attack)
  • هجوم noun (an attack)

Persian

2 entries
  • حمله noun (an attack)
  • هجوم noun (an attack)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • prost adj (causing offense)

Polish

4 entries
  • obraźliwy adj (causing offense)
  • ofensywny adj (relating to attack, offense)
  • atak noun (an attack)
  • ofensywa noun (an attack)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • ofensivo adj (causing offense)
  • ofensivo adj (relating to attack, offense)
  • ofensivo adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)
  • ofensiva noun (an attack)

Romanian

4 entries
  • ofensant adj (causing offense)
  • atac noun (an attack)
  • ofensivă noun (an attack)
  • ofensivă noun (posture of attack)

Russian

4 entries
  • наступа́тельный adj (relating to attack, offense)
  • наступа́тельный adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)
  • оби́дный adj (causing offense)
  • оскорби́тельный adj (causing offense)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • oilbheumach adj (causing offense)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • uvrèdljiv adj (causing offense)
  • уврѐдљив adj (causing offense)
  • nápad noun (an attack)
  • ofanzíva noun (an attack)

Slovak

3 entries
  • napadnutie noun (an attack)
  • ofenzíva noun (an attack)
  • útok noun (an attack)

Slovene

2 entries
  • napad noun (an attack)
  • ofenziva noun (an attack)

Spanish

4 entries
  • ofensiva adj (relating to attack, offense)
  • ofensivo adj (causing offense)
  • ofensivo adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)
  • ofensiva noun (an attack)

Swedish

4 entries
  • anstötlig adj (causing offense)
  • offensiv adj (relating to attack, offense)
  • offensiv adj (team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring)
  • stötande adj (causing offense)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • nakasasakit adj (causing offense)
  • opensibo adj (causing offense)

Tajik

2 entries
  • ҳамла noun (an attack)
  • ҳуҷум noun (an attack)

Tatar

1 entries
  • һөҗүм noun (an attack)

Thai

1 entries
  • การโจมตี noun (an attack)

Turkish

3 entries
  • hamle noun (an attack)
  • hücum noun (an attack)
  • saldırı noun (an attack)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • hüjüm noun (an attack)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • наступа́льний adj (relating to attack, offense)
  • обра́зливий adj (causing offense)
  • ата́ка noun (an attack)
  • на́ступ noun (an attack)

Urdu

1 entries
  • حملہ noun (an attack)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ھۇجۇم noun (an attack)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • hamla noun (an attack)
  • hujum noun (an attack)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • sỉ nhục adj (causing offense)
  • xúc phạm adj (causing offense)
  • sự tấn công noun (an attack)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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The instant I open the lid an offensive smell greets my nose.

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We recoiled from the enemy's offensive.

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I find just the memory of his overly polite patronizing manner really offensive.

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I hear a noise offensive to the ear.

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