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Offensive

//əˈfɛnsɪv//

Synonyms for "offensive" (362 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Informal (56)

Noun, verb, slang(2 words)

charge drive

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

high rank bitter

Name, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

strike push sally blitz

Adj, adv, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

bad

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(6 words)

base rush blue gross savage grim

Adj, noun, verb, slang(5 words)

attack ugly shocking stinking lewd

Adj, adv, name, slang(1 words)

strong

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

dirty bloody

Adj, adv, noun, slang(3 words)

evil awful dreadful

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

sad

Adj, slang(13 words)

rude wretched inappropriate scrappy funky lousy spicy gruesome icky barfy vomity bloody-minded yucky

Adj, adv, slang(5 words)

rotten fierce terrible beastly pitiful

Adj, noun, slang(3 words)

shoddy stuffy smelly

Adj, verb, slang(3 words)

shabby filthy naughty

Adj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

nasty

Adj, name, slang(1 words)

dire

Adj, adv, name, noun, slang(1 words)

loud

Noun, slang(1 words)

schlock

General use (306)

Adj, noun, verb(15 words)

foul grating musty fighting forbidding threatening unbecoming sickening revolting degrading backhand humiliating insulting battling saber-rattling

Adjective(152 words)

monstrous lurid coarse fulsome atrocious brutal outrageous flagrant sordid scandalous repugnant egregious abominable antagonistic enormous noisome repulsive aggressive shameful suggestive

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grievous obnoxious unclean infamous worthless odious execrable ferocious woeful unsuitable malodorous tasteless noxious heinous inimical abusive truculent hateful maggoty inconsiderate contemptible loathsome insensitive putrid nefarious unsavory fusty quarrelsome villainous lamentable uncongenial miasmic chintzy bloodthirsty hideous nauseous poisonous blameworthy scurrilous pitiable boorish regrettable indecent contumelious inelegant impudent mephitic detestable indecorous combative tactless sultry frowzy lascivious salacious loutish abhorrent unfitting distasteful injurious damnable contentious rancid sanguineous moldy unpleasant fecal sulfurous pushy unheard-of unchaste odorous gamy objectionable pugnacious mawkish miasmal disrespectful impolite raunchy bellicose invidious warlike chauvinistic uncivil frowsty unpeaceful scurrile pornographic rebarbative Rabelaisian indelicate unsolicitous trigger happy ungentle trigger-happy ill-bred discourteous reasty unwholesome brackish calumnious weevily unrepeatable hawkish jingoistic soldierlike reeky militaristic ungenteel overripe fescennine reechy unappetizing nidorous smellful olid stenchy untasteful foul-mouthed mildewy graveolent unladylike unpeaceable jingoish unpacific foul-spoken unfeminine foul-tongued putrescent caddish louty

Adj, noun(37 words)

crude vile hostile vulgar provocative militant disagreeable scurvy belligerent aggressive deplorable unspeakable horrible fetid squalid repellent despicable insolent personal military

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sanguinary impertinent reprehensible ribald undesirable breakthrough left-handed bawdy derogatory unpalatable nauseant ithyphallic chauvinist jingoist unprintable ungrateful counteroffensive

Adjective(10 words)

vile noisome loathsome unsavory sickening nauseous nauseating queasy violative unsavoury

Adj, verb(17 words)

improper obscene unrefined impure disgusting spoiled reeking ignoble smutty nauseating appalling cloying mildewed displeasing undignified attacking unbeseeming

Noun, verb(10 words)

assault onset campaign enemy overkill counterattack mugging warmongering smelling repelling

Noun(16 words)

diversion offense infiltration onslaught aggression invasion jingo blitzkrieg shock tactics offence megadeath smoking-room coup de main assailment lightning war aggravated assault

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

worst

Adj, name(1 words)

arrant

Adj, adv(8 words)

notorious unseemly ghastly horrid frightful soldierly unmannerly ungentlemanly

Adj, adv, noun(2 words)

unfriendly grisly

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

martial

Verb(3 words)

run against run at assailing

Name, noun, verb(1 words)

sortie

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

warring

Prep_phrase(2 words)

beneath contempt in bad taste

Adj, adv, verb(1 words)

backhanded

Phrase(1 words)

too bad

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gas attack head-on attack mass attack panzer warfare unprovoked assault on the offensive

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