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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: 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
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
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
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
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
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
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