OFFENSIVE

1. [n] the action of attacking an enemy

2. [a] of an offensive substitute for inoffensive terminology; "`nigger'' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American''"

3. [a] unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"

4. [a] morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"

5. [a] causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks"

6. [a] for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons"

7. [s] violating or tending to violate or offend against; "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity"

8. [s] causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"

similar words

1. [s] abhorrent

2. [s] detestable

3. [s] obscene

4. [s] repugnant

5. [s] repulsive

6. [s] charnel

7. [s] ghastly

8. [s] sepulchral

9. [s] creepy

10. [s] disgusting

11. [s] disgustful

12. [s] distasteful

13. [s] foul

14. [s] loathly

15. [s] loathsome

16. [s] repellent

17. [s] repellant

18. [s] repelling

19. [s] revolting

20. [s] skanky

21. [s] wicked

22. [s] yucky

23. [s] ghoulish

24. [s] morbid

25. [s] hideous

26. [s] horrid

27. [s] horrific

28. [s] outrageous

29. [s] objectionable

30. [s] obnoxious

31. [s] unpleasant

32. [s] rank

33. [s] scrimy

34. [s] verminous

35. [s] odoriferous

36. [s] abusive

37. [s] insulting

38. [s] opprobrious

39. [s] scornful

40. [s] scurrilous

41. [s] antipersonnel

42. [s] assaultive

43. [s] attacking(a)

44. [s] hit-and-run

45. [s] tip-and-run

46. [s] incursive

47. [s] invading

48. [s] invasive

49. [s] marauding

50. [s] predatory

51. [s] raiding

52. [s] on_the_offensive(p)

53. [a] offending

54. [a] unwholesome

opposite words

1. [a] euphemistic

2. [a] inoffensive

3. [a] inoffensive

4. [a] savory

5. [a] savoury

6. [a] inoffensive

7. [a] inoffensive

8. [a] unoffending

9. [a] defensive