offensive
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- adjective
- /əˈfɛnsɪv/
- Offensive
- Many people found the comedian's jokes to be offensive and inappropriate.
- offensive language
- offensive remarks
- offensive behavior
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Watch on YouTubeYou don't have to be offensive to be honest.
- You don't have to be offensive to be honest.
- And what he said is one of the more offensive things that I've heard.
- If it's that offensive, it sparks action.
- It felt invasive or offensive, and that didn't feel true.
- And and the line between funny and offensive is, is is super thin, right?
- Because I don't think it should be offensive to say trans women are trans women.
- And this section also includes titles that are outright offensive or racist in their costuming.
- Belief in racism is more offensive, More offensive than racism, Yes.
- Because jab is something offensive for Jewish women.
- That was quite an offensive claim and, and, and, and theory.
- Like this is pretty offensive to your to your gender.
- It was just so offensive, you know, to be lazy.
- And most of the time, me being offensive has worked out more often than not.
- Do you think it's too offensive or do you think tell it, test it?
Examples
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Sal, that is so comprehensively offensive I barely know where to start.
Fiction book (1999) -
Allen, would you tell your father how offensive that is?
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I I find that offensive, to be honest with you.
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At the time, I found it offensive that he would doubt what I told him.
Fiction book (2000) -
How is that not offensive?
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There was, in fact, nothing about Mr. Dorset that was not offensive to the women.
Fiction book (1996) -
And what he said is one of the more offensive things that I've heard.
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You don't have to be offensive to be honest.
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I consider your language coarse and your manners offensive.
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I sincerely hope you find this as deeply offensive and disturbing as I do.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making you feel sick
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Words or actions that hurt people
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Being rude or saying things that hurt someone
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Very unpleasant in a way that makes people angry or upset
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Containing rude or offensive language
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Being rude and offensive, often about sex
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Being rude and indecent in words or behaviour
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Using insulting words or hurtful behavior toward another person
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Sexually rude and offensive to many people
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Very unpleasant and morally wrong to most people
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Something that makes people feel dislike or disgust
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Something people think is morally wrong or dishonest
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Causing people to feel offended or want to protest
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Words and actions that offend or exclude some people
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Causing strong dislike or disgust because people see it as morally wrong
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Likely to make people angry and cause public protest
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Very rude and likely to make people feel angry or hurt
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Very insulting and likely to deeply offend people
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Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making people feel sick
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Compounds
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A large Allied attack in World War I where American troops pushed German armies back
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A large 1918 American attack led by General Pershing, the biggest US operation in World War I
How Offensive
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Etymology
Offensive comes from the old Latin word offendere meaning 'to strike against'. A helpful way to remember the sense 'causing anger' is to think of an offensive remark as something that 'strikes' or hurts a person's feelings, which is why it upsets people.