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offensive - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | offensive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attack |
| Synonyms: | aggression, assault, drive, invasion, onset, onslaught, push, assailment |
| Antonyms: | defensive, defending |
| Main Entry: | offensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disrespectful, insulting; displeasing |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abusive, annoying, biting, cutting, detestable, disagreeable, discourteous, distasteful, dreadful, embarrassing, evil, foul, ghastly, grisly, gross, hideous, horrible, impertinent, insolent, invidious, irritating, nauseating, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, off-color*, opprobrious, outrageous, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, rude, shocking, stinking*, terrible, uncivil, unmannerly, horrid, offending |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, kind, nice, pleasing, respectful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | offensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attacking |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, belligerent, assailing, assaulting, invading |
| Antonyms: | defensive, defending, guarding |
| Main Entry: | abhorrent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusting |
| Synonyms: | despicable, detestable, execrable, loathsome, offensive, repulsive, revolting |
| Main Entry: | abominable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | awful, detestable |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, atrocious, awful, bad, base, beastly, contemptible, cursed, despicable, disgusting, foul, grim, gross*, hairy*, hateful, heinous, hellish, horrible, loathsome, lousy, nauseating, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sleazy*, stinking, terrible, vile, wretched, grody, horrid |
| Antonyms: | alluring, appealing, delightful, desirable, enjoyable, lovable, pleasant, sweet, wonderful, likeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exhibiting unkind behavior or words |
| Synonyms: | censorious, defamatory, derisive, disparaging, insolent, insulting, invective, libelous, offensive, opprobrious, rude, sarcastic, scathing, scolding, scurrilous, sharp-tongued, slanderous, calumniating, castigating, contumelious, maligning, obloquious, reproachful, reviling, traducing, upbraiding, vilifying, vituperative |
| Antonyms: | complimentary, kind, respectful |
| Main Entry: | assault |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attack |
| Synonyms: | advance, aggression, charge, incursion, invasion, offensive, onset, onslaught, rape, storm, strike, violation, storming |
| Notes: | to assail a task is to approach it with the intent of mastering it, from Latin salire 'to leap'; assault is also based on this word and assail and assault can be synonyms assault is an attempt or threat to do physical harm while battery is unjustified application of force; assault and battery is carrying out of threatened physical harm or violence |
| Main Entry: | awful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very bad; terrible |
| Synonyms: | abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, deplorable, depressing, dire, disgusting, distressing, dreadful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, gross*, gruesome, grungy*, harrowing, hideous, horrible, nasty, offensive, raunchy, repulsive, shocking, stinking, synthetic, tough, ugly, unpleasant, unsightly, grody, horrendous, horrific, horrifying |
| Antonyms: | beautiful, good, pleasing, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, low |
| Synonyms: | abject, abominable, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, corrupt, depraved, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, foul, humble, ignoble, immoral, indelicate, loathsome, lowly, mean, menial, offensive, paltry, pitiful, plebeian, poor, scandalous, servile, shameful, shoddy, sleazy, sordid, sorry, squalid, trashy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched, grovelling |
| Antonyms: | good, honest, moral, noble |
| Main Entry: | bashing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abuse against a group or individual based on identity or ideological beliefs |
| Synonyms: | assault, attack, beating, censure, charge, condemnation, criticism, harassment, jumping, offensive, persecution, strike, torment, beating up, bias crime, denigration, hate crime, hounding |
| Main Entry: | blitz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heavy attack |
| Synonyms: | assault, bombardment, bombing, offensive, onslaught, raid, strike, blitzkrieg, lightning attack, shelling |
| Antonyms: | let-up |
| Main Entry: | campaign |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attempt to win; attack |
| Synonyms: | crusade, drive, expedition, fight, movement, offensive, operation, push, warfare |
| Main Entry: | damnable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | atrocious, horrible |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, accursed, blessed, culpable, cursed, darn, depraved, despicable, detestable, execrable, hateful, odious, offensive, outrageous, wicked, blamed, dang, dratted |
| Antonyms: | admirable, blessed, exalted, favorable, favored, good, laudatory, praiseworthy, cherished, loveable |
| Main Entry: | detestable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | loathsome, abominable |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, accursed, atrocious, awful, despicable, disgusting, execrable, gross*, hateful, heinous, lousy, maggot, monstrous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, shocking, sorry, vile, abhorred, godawful, grody, hateable, horrid, low-down |
| Antonyms: | admirable, adorable, respectable, respected, adored, cherished, likeable, loveable, prized |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disgraceful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shameful, low |
| Synonyms: | blameworthy, contemptible, degrading, detestable, dishonorable, disreputable, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, mean, offensive, opprobrious, scandalous, shabby, shady, shocking, shoddy, unworthy, discreditable, unrespectable |
| Antonyms: | exalted, honorable, respectable |
| Main Entry: | disgusting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickening; repulsive |
| Synonyms: | abominable, awful, beastly, cloying, creepy, detestable, distasteful, foul, frightful, ghastly, gross*, gruesome, hateful, hideous, icky*, loathsome, lousy, macabre, monstrous, nasty, nauseating, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, repellent, repugnant, revolting, rotten, scandalous, shameless, shocking, sleazy*, stinking, vile, vulgar, yucky*, grody, horrid, horrific, nerdy, satiating, scuzzy, sleazeball, surfeiting, yecchy |
| Antonyms: | attractive, desirous, pleasant, pleasing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dishonorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shameful, corrupt |
| Synonyms: | base, contemptible, crooked, deceitful, despicable, devious, disgraceful, disreputable, fraudulent, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, low, miscreant, offensive, putrid, scandalous, shabby, shady, treacherous, unprincipled, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, blackguardly, discreditable, opprobious, unrespectable |
| Antonyms: | blameless, ethical, honorable, respectable, trustworthy, worthy, principled, uncorrupt |
| Main Entry: | dissatisfactory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsatisfactory |
| Synonyms: | bad, damaged, deficient, disappointing, distressing, inadequate, insufficient, lame, mediocre, offensive, poor, rotten, unacceptable, unsuitable, unworthy, useless, displeasing, junky, no good, not satisfying, not up to par, unsatisfying |
| Main Entry: | distasteful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | repulsive, unpleasant |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, bitter, detestable, disagreeable, flat, flavorless, galling, grievous, gross*, hateful, icky*, insipid, loathsome, nauseous, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, painful, repellent, repugnant, tasteless, unappetizing, undesirable, uninviting, unpalatable, unsavory, yucky*, afflictive, dislikable, displeasing, grody, savorless, unlikable, yicky |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, delectable, delicious, palatable, pleasant, pleasing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | evil |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sinful, immoral |
| Synonyms: | angry, atrocious, bad, baneful, base, beastly, calamitous, corrupt, damnable, depraved, destructive, disastrous, execrable, flagitious, foul, harmful, hateful, heinous, hideous, iniquitous, injurious, loathsome, low, malevolent, malicious, malignant, nefarious, obscene, offensive, pernicious, poison, reprobate, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, spiteful, stinking, ugly, unpleasant, unpropitious, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrathful, wrong, maleficent, no good, rancorous |
| Antonyms: | auspicious, decent, good, honest, moral, sinless, upright, virtuous |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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