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offensiveness
noun as in coarseness
noun as in hideousness
Weak match
noun as in insolence
noun as in ugliness
Weak match
noun as in unsightliness
Weak match
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Beinart highlights two of them: Gaza and the offensiveness of baby-counting.
In his beyond-the-pale derision and offensiveness, he turned it into a night that could never have been an Oscar ceremony.
This year was no different, and even threatened to smash the record for apparent offensiveness.
Beyond the offensiveness, Terry laments the muddled messaging on such an important topic.
It cannot be said that the offensiveness of the act of disobedience is tempered by any very conciliatory tone in the words used.
He tried in these words to be slightly offensive; the offensiveness, however, went wide of the mark, and he was sorry.
There was almost always a certain sleek offensiveness about Charles Kingsley when he sat down to write.
But not even Father Healy could keep the tale from growing in magnitude and increased offensiveness.
All their offensiveness notwithstanding, they have a stately flight.
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On this page you'll find 93 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to offensiveness, such as: bawdiness, boorishness, callousness, crassness, crudity, and harshness.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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