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offensive
01
causing someone to feel deeply hurt, upset, or angry due to being insulting, disrespectful, or inappropriate
Grammatical Information
Composition
Complex
qualitative
Superlative
most offensive
Comparative
more offensive
gradable
Examples
His offensive jokes made many people uncomfortable at the party.
02
aimed at attacking or engaging the enemy, particularly in a military context
Examples
The army prepared for an offensive operation to reclaim the occupied city.
Lexical Tree
inoffensive
offensively
offensiveness
offensive
offen
