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Meaning of offensive

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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: {offensive}, {violative}]
      2: for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive
         weapons" [ant: {defensive}]
      3: causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks" [ant:
         {inoffensive}, {unoffending}]
      4: morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory
         scandal" [syn: {unsavory}, {unsavoury}, {offensive}] [ant:
         {savory}, {savoury}]
      5: unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive
         odors" [ant: {inoffensive}]
      6: substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one ;
         "`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'"
         [syn: {dysphemistic}, {offensive}] [ant: {euphemistic},
         {inoffensive}]
      7: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell";
         "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: {nauseating},
         {nauseous}, {noisome}, {queasy}, {loathsome}, {offensive},
         {sickening}, {vile}]
      n 1: the action of attacking an enemy [syn: {offense},
           {offence}, {offensive}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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