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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024of•fen•sive /əˈfɛnsɪv or, for 4, 5. ˈɔfɛn-, ˈɑfɛn-/USA pronunciation. adj. - causing resentful displeasure;
highly irritating or annoying:His remarks were highly offensive. - unpleasant or disagreeable to the senses;
disgusting:offensive odors. - disgusting to one's moral sense or to good taste;
repulsive:offensive language. - of or relating to offense or attack, as in war or games, etc.:[usually: before a noun]a good offensive strategy.
n. - the position or strategy of attacking:[uncountable* usually: the + ~]to take the offensive; The army went on the offensive.
- an attacking movement or strategy;
attack:[countable]launching an offensive against the enemy lines.
See -fend-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024of•fen•sive (ə fen′siv or, for 4, 5, ô′fen-, of′en-),USA pronunciation adj. - causing resentful displeasure;
highly irritating, angering, or annoying:offensive television commercials. - unpleasant or disagreeable to the sense:an offensive odor.
- repugnant to the moral sense, good taste, or the like;
insulting:an offensive remark; an offensive joke. - pertaining to offense or attack:the offensive movements of their troops.
- characterized by attack;
aggressive:offensive warfare.
n. - the position or attitude of aggression or attack:to take the offensive.
- an aggressive movement or attack:a carefully planned naval offensive.
- Medieval Latin offēnsīvus, equivalent. to Latin offēns(us) past participle of offendere (see offend) + -īvus -ive
- 1540–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged displeasing, vexatious, vexing, unpleasant. See hateful.
- 2, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged distasteful, disgusting, revolting, repellent.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged repulsive, shocking.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged invading, attacking.
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged pleasing.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged defensive.
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