offensive

adj 1: violating or tending to violate or offend against;

"violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered

such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity"

[syn: {violative}]

2: for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive

weapons" [ant: {defensive}]

3: causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks" [ant: {inoffensive}]

4: morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory

scandal" [syn: {unsavory}, {unsavoury}] [ant: {savory}]

5: unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses;

"offensive odors" [ant: {inoffensive}]

6: of an offensive substitute for inoffensive terminology;

"`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'"

[syn: {dysphemistic}] [ant: {euphemistic}]

7: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell";

"nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: {nauseating},

{nauseous}, {noisome}, {loathsome}, {sickening}, {vile}]

n : the action of attacking the enemy [syn: {offense}, {offence}]