offensive
— Adjective
– English
~ causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
offensive
— Adjective
– English
~ for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons"
offensive
— Adjective
– English
~ violating or tending to violate or offend against; "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity"
offensive
— Adjective
– English
~ causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks"
offensive
— Adjective
– English
~ unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
offensively
— Adverb
– English
~ in an unpleasantly offensive manner; "he smelled offensively unwashed"
offensively
— Adverb
– English
~ in an aggressive manner; "`In this crisis, we must act offensively,' the President said"; "the admiral intends to act offensively in the Mediterranean"