Offensive

/əˈfɛnsɪv/

Synonyms for "offensive" (421 found)

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Closest matches (85)

abhorrent abominable abusiveaggravated assaultaggression aggressiveamphibious attackantagonistic appallingarmed assaultarrant assailing assailment assault atrocious attack attacking awful backhand backhanded

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bad bad-smellingbanzai attackbarfy base battling bawdy beastly bellicose belligerentbelow contemptbeneath contemptbitter blameworthy blitz blitzkrieg bloodthirsty bloodybloody mindedbloody-minded blue boorish brackish breakthrough brutal caddish calumnious charge chauvinist chauvinistic chintzy cloying coarse combative contemptible contentious contumelious counterattack counteroffensivecoup de maincrippling attackcrude damnabledead set atdegrading deplorable derogatorydescent ondespicable

Adjective(8 words)

abusive conductabusive languageaggressive assault attack belligerent campaignderogatory language

Verb(2 words)

affronting counterattacked

Adjective(1 words)

aggressive

Noun(5 words)

assaults attacks batting campaigns commando

Strong matches (126)

detestable dire dirty disagreeable discourteous disgusting displeasing disrespectful distasteful diversiondiversionary attackdreadful drive egregious enemy enormous evil execrable fecal ferocious

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fescennine fetid fierce fighting filthy flagrantflank attackforbidding foulfoul mouthedfoul tonguedfoul-mouthed foul-spoken foul-tongued frightfulfrontal attackfrowsty frowy frowzyfull of fightfulsome funky fusty gamygas attackghastly grating graveolent grievous grim grisly gross gruesome hateful hawkishhead-on attackheinous hideous high horrible horrid hostile humiliating icky ignoble ill-bred ill-smelling impertinent impolite improper impudent impurein bad tasteinappropriate inconsiderate indecent indecorous indelicate inelegant infamous infiltration inimical injurious insensitive insolent insulting invasion ithyphallic jingo jingoish jingoist jingoistic lamentable lasciviousleft handedleft-handed lewdlightning attacklightning warloathsome loud lousy loutish louty lurid maggoty malodorous martialmass attackmawkish megadeath

Adjective(12 words)

disrespectful distasteful foul goddam hostile hurtful ickiest improperinappropriate languageindecent loathsome malodorous

Noun(2 words)

fouler invasions

Adjective(1 words)

invidious

Related words (210)

mephitic miasmal miasmic mildewed mildewy militant militaristic military moldy monstrous mugging musty nasty naughty nauseant nauseating nauseous nefarious nidorous noisome

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notorious noxious objectionable obnoxious obscene odious odorous offense olidon the offensiveonset onslaught outrageous overkill overripepanzer warfarepersonal pitiable pitiful poisonous pornographic provocative pugnacious push pushy putrescent putrid quarrelsome rabelaisian rancid rank raunchy reasty reasy rebarbative reechy reeking reeky regrettable repellent repelling reprehensible repugnant repulsive revolting ribald rotten ruderun againstrun atrush saber-rattling sad salacious sally sanguinary sanguineous savage scandalous schlock scrappy scurrile scurrilous scurvy shabby shamefulshock tacticsshocking shoddy sickening smellful smelling smelly smoking-room smutty soldierlike soldierly sordid sortie spicy spoiled squalid stenchy stinking strike strong stuffy suggestive sulfurous sultry tactless tasteless terrible threateningtoo badtrigger happytrigger-happy truculent ugly unappetizing unbecoming unbeseeming unchaste uncivil unclean uncongenial undesirable undignified unfeminine unfitting unfriendly ungenteel ungentle ungentlemanly ungrateful unladylike unmannerly unpacific unpalatable unpeaceable unpeaceful unpleasant unprintableunprovoked assaultunrefined unrepeatable unsavory unseemly unsolicitous unspeakable unsuitable untasteful unwholesome vile villainous vomity vulgar warlike warmongering warring weevily woeful worst worthless wretched yucky

Noun(14 words)

middle fingermoral disgustmore campaign-relatednastnoxious weedoffence offense onslaughts outthrust piquing repellant repulsing slurring thrusts

Adjective(26 words)

militaristicmilitary advancemilitary campaignnastier nauseating nauseous noisome obnoxiouspejorative epithetprovocativeprovocative wordingqueasy reprehensiblerepulsive conductrepulsive forcerude ruder sickening smelly spastic

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unethical unsavory unsavoury vile violativevulgar terms

Determiner(1 words)

most slurring

Verb(2 words)

retarded stigmatized

Adjective(1 words)

unheard-of

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

11 entries

combat descriptordescriptorethical descriptionmilitary operationmilitary termmoral judgmentnegative qualityolfactory descriptoroperationsensory property

More specific

14 entries

abusive assault attack campaign disrespectfulground assaultimmoral indecent invasion musty pungent rude siege unethical

Collocations

6 entries

major offensivemilitary offensiveoffensive campaignoffensive maneuveroffensive operationoffensive strategy

Inflections

3 entries

more offensivemost offensiveoffensives

Derivations

2 entries

offensively offensiveness

Antonyms

2 entries

defensive inoffensive

similar

58 entries

abhorrent abusive aggressive antipersonnel assaultive attacking charnel creepy detestable disgustful disgusting disrespectful distasteful evil foul ghastly

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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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