offensive
adjective
uk/əˈfen.sɪv/us/əˈfen.sɪv/offensiveadjective(UPSETTING)
B2
causingoffence:
冒犯的Thisprogrammecontainslanguagethat someviewersmightfindoffensive.这个节目使用了某些观众可能觉得不快的语言。
He told some really offensivesexistjokes.他讲了一些极令人不快的性别歧视的笑话。
Synonyms
X-rated
bawdy
blue(SEXUAL)
coarse(RUDE)
crude(RUDE)
dirty(NOT POLITE)informal
explicit
filthy(OFFENSIVE)
indecent(IMMORAL)
lasciviousformaldisapproving
licentiousformaldisapproving
lubriciousformal
muckyinformal
obscene
prurientformaldisapproving
racy
ribaldold-fashioned
risqué
rude(NOT POLITE)
salaciousdisapproving
saucyold-fashioned
smuttydisapproving
suggestive(SEXUAL)
vulgar(RUDE)disapproving
Opposite
inoffensive
unpleasant:
讨厌的，令人不愉快的offensivesmells难闻的味道
- We'vereceivedacomplaintfrom one ofourlistenersabout offensivelanguage.
- Hefoundhercommentsdeeplyoffensive.
- Normanagreedthat thewordingof theadvertisementwasunnecessarilyoffensive and it waschanged.
- The word 'lady' hasconnotationsofrefinementandexcessivefemininitythat some womenfindoffensive.
- There were those whofoundthejokeoffensive, but Johnsoninsistedit was just abitofharmlessfun.
Rude and cheeky
- cheekily
- cheekiness
- churlish
- churlishly
- churlishness
- coarse
- coarsely
- discourteous
- fruity
- gall
- impudent
- incivility
- offensively
- offensiveness
- potty mouth
- potty-mouthed
- presume
- presumptuously
- unpleasant
- unrepeatable
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Serious and unpleasant
offensiveadjective(ATTACKING)
used forattacking:
进攻（性）的，攻击的Since the othersidehad taken offensiveaction(=attacked), we had nochoicebut todefendourselves.既然对方已经采取了攻势，我们除了自卫别无选择。
Knives of anykindareclassedas offensiveweapons.任何刀具都属于攻击性武器。
Violent or aggressive
- aggressive
- aggressively
- aggressiveness
- aggro
- agonistic
- ferocity
- fierce
- fierceness
- fighting words
- flex
- pugnacious
- pugnacity
- rabble-rousing
- raging
- Rambo
- viciously
- viciousness
- violence
- warlike
- warmonger
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Arms & munitions in general
offensive
noun[C]
uk/əˈfen.sɪv/us/əˈfen.sɪv/aplannedmilitaryattack:
（军事）进攻，攻势Theylaunchedthelandoffensive in themiddleof thenight.他们在午夜发动了地面进攻。
UNtroopshave goneon theoffensive(=startedtoattack).联合国军队已经开始进攻。
take the offensive
toattackfirst
率先攻击，先发制人Attacking & invading
- aggressor
- ambush
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- besiege
- blitz
- blitzkrieg
- false flag
- foray
- going-over
- hard power
- hit and run
- incursion
- kamikaze
- post-conquest
- privateer
- raid
- reconquer
- reconquest
- swoop