Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Offensive \Of*fen"sive\, a. [Cf. F. offensif. See {Offend}.]
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1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment;
displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.
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2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable;
revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive
sounds. "Offensive to the stomach." --Bacon.
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3. Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence,
used in attacking; -- opposed to {defensive}; as, an
offensive war; offensive weapons.
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{League offensive and defensive}, a leaque that requires all
the parties to it to make war together against any foe,
and to defend one another if attacked.
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Syn: Displeasing; disagreeable; distasteful; obnoxious;
abhorrent; disgusting; impertinent; rude; saucy;
reproachful; opprobrious; insulting; insolent; abusive;
scurrilous; assailant; attacking; invading.
[1913 Webster] -- {Of*fen"sive*ly}, adv. --
{Of*fen"sive*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
offensively
adv 1: in an unpleasantly offensive manner; "he smelled
offensively unwashed" [ant: {inoffensively}]
2: in an obnoxious manner; "he said so in one of his more
offensively intellectually arrogant sentences" [syn:
{offensively}, {objectionably}, {obnoxiously}]
3: in an aggressive manner; "`In this crisis, we must act
offensively,' the President said"; "the admiral intends to
act offensively in the Mediterranean" [ant: {defensively}]
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