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of·fen·sive
(ə-fĕn′sĭv)adj.
1.
a. Causing anger, displeasure, or resentment: an offensive gesture.
b. Disagreeable to the senses: an offensive odor.
2.
a. Making a physical or military attack: The offensive troops gained ground quickly.
b. Of, relating to, or designed for attack: offensive weapons.
3. (ŏf′ĕn-) Sports Of or relating to a team having possession of a ball or puck: an offensive rush.
n.
1. An attitude or position of attack: go on the offensive in chess.
2. A physical or military attack or assault: led a massive military offensive.
of·fen′sive·ly adv.
of·fen′sive·ness n.
Synonyms: offensive, disgusting, loathsome, nasty, odious, repellent, repulsive, revolting, vile
These adjectives mean extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings: an offensive remark; disgusting language; a loathsome disease; a nasty smell; an odious sight; a repellent demand; repulsive behavior; revolting food; vile thoughts. See Also Synonyms at hateful.
These adjectives mean extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings: an offensive remark; disgusting language; a loathsome disease; a nasty smell; an odious sight; a repellent demand; repulsive behavior; revolting food; vile thoughts. See Also Synonyms at hateful.
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Adv. | 1. | offensively - in an unpleasantly offensive manner; "he smelled offensively unwashed" inoffensively - in a not unpleasantly offensive manner; "that wretched beast, the elephant, breathing inoffensively not a pace behind me" |
2. | offensively - in an obnoxious manner; "he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences" | |
3. | offensively - in an aggressive manner; "`In this crisis, we must act offensively,' the President said"; "the admiral intends to act offensively in the Mediterranean" defensively - in a defensive manner; "the general conviction that our side is in the right and acting defensively over what Russians call the German question and Americans the Berlin crisis" |
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Translations
بصورةٍ هُجومِيَّه
á móîgandi hátt
saldırarak
offensively
[əˈfensɪvlɪ] ADV1. (= abusively) [behave, shout] → de manera ofensiva, de modo ofensivo
offensively rude/sexist → de un grosero/sexista que ofende
offensively rude/sexist → de un grosero/sexista que ofende
2. (= unpleasantly) to smell offensively → tener un olor muy desagradable
the music had become offensively loud → la música estaba ya tan alta que molestaba
the music had become offensively loud → la música estaba ya tan alta que molestaba
3. (Mil) to use/deploy sth offensively → usar/hacer uso de algo para atacar
offensively, they are superior to us → desde el punto de vista ofensivo, son superiores a nosotros
offensively, they are superior to us → desde el punto de vista ofensivo, son superiores a nosotros
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
offensively
adv
(= unpleasantly) → übel, widerlich; (in moral sense) → anstößig; (= abusively) → beleidigend, unverschämt; (= obscenely) → unflätig
(Mil, Sport) → offensiv
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
offend
(əˈfend) verb1. to make feel upset or angry. If you don't go to her party she will be offended; His criticism offended her.
2. to be unpleasant or disagreeable. Cigarette smoke offends me.
ofˈfence , (American) ofˈfense noun1. (any cause of) anger, displeasure, hurt feelings etc. That rubbish dump is an offence to the eye.
2. a crime. The police charged him with several offences.
ofˈfender noun a person who offends, especially against the law.
ofˈfensive (-siv) adjective1. insulting. offensive remarks.
2. disgusting. an offensive smell.
3. used to attack. an offensive weapon.
noun an attack. They launched an offensive against the invading army.
ofˈfensively adverbofˈfensiveness noun
be on the offensive
to be making an attack. She always expects people to criticize her and so she is always on the offensive.
take offence (with at) to be offended (by something). He took offence at what she said.
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