offensive
Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation.
Example
“Some people find pornography offensive.”
Other meanings
Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive.
“The army's offensive capabilities. An offensive weapon.”
Having to do with play directed at scoring.
“The offensive coordinator is responsible for ordering all rushing plays.”
Synonyms
- aggressive
Related words
- counteroffensive
- cyberoffensive
- overoffensive
- superoffensive
- counter-offensive
- inoffensive
- offensive guard
- nonoffensive
- offensive back
- offensive foul
- non-offensive
- offensive line
Word history
From Latin "offendo".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “offensive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.