eng: offensive

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Meaning
means	(noun) the action of attacking an enemy offense, offensive, offence
means	(adjective) violating or tending to violate or offend against; "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity" offensive, violative
means	(adjective) for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons" offensive
means	(adjective) causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks" offensive
means	(adjective) morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal" unsavory, offensive, unsavoury
means	(adjective) unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors" offensive
means	(adjective) substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one ; "`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'" dysphemistic, offensive
means	(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" loathsome, noisome, vile, nauseating, sickening, offensive, nauseous, queasy