offensive
Causing anger deliberately
Offensive describes what attacks or causes displeasure.
An offensive military strategy advances rather than defends.
Offensive remarks or behavior cause anger or disgust: His jokes were offensive to nearly everyone.
The noun is the attacking posture itself: The army launched an offensive, on the offensive.
In sports, offense and offensive relate to scoring rather than preventing scores.
Expressing criticism or disrespect
- pejorativeTerm expressing disapproval
- disparagingExpressing negative judgment
- belittlingExpressing contempt or dismissiveness
- abusiveCausing harm or insult
disrespectful · mocking · demeaning · degrading · scathing · slur · epithet · affront
Provoking strong revulsion
- abhorrentCausing intense revulsion
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- loathsomeArousing intense disgust
- detestableWorthy of intense dislike
odious · vile · distasteful · obnoxious · repulsive · objectionable · off-putting · unpalatable
Violent offensive act
- raidSudden armed incursion
- onslaughtFierce, overwhelming assault
- blitzSwift, overwhelming offensive
- chargeCost or accusation
incursion · invasion · strike · ambush · barrage · salvo · sortie · skirmish
Grossly offensive to decency
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- coarseRough in texture
- lewdObscenely sexual
indecent · raunchy · bawdy · risque · smutty · filthy · pornographic · blue
Aggressively unfriendly
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- antagonisticActively opposed or hostile
pugnacious · truculent · forceful · intimidating · threatening · fierce · domineering · bullying
derogatory
Expressing criticism or disrespect
- pejorativeTerm expressing disapproval
- disparagingExpressing negative judgment
- belittlingExpressing contempt or dismissiveness
abusive · disrespectful · mocking · demeaning · degrading · scathing · slur · epithet · affront · insult
disgusting
Provoking strong revulsion
detestable · odious · vile · distasteful · obnoxious · repulsive · objectionable · off-putting · unpalatable · unsavory
assault
Violent offensive act
charge · incursion · invasion · strike · ambush · barrage · salvo · sortie · skirmish · counteroffensive
obscene
Grossly offensive to decency
lewd · indecent · raunchy · bawdy · risque · smutty · filthy · pornographic · blue · salacious
hostile
Aggressively unfriendly
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
- combativeInclined toward conflict
antagonistic · pugnacious · truculent · forceful · intimidating · threatening · fierce · domineering · bullying · provocative
tactics
Methods to achieve goals
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- infantryGround combat troops
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
battalion · brigade · division · platoon · squadron · reconnaissance · deployment · formation · flank · warfare
- uglyugly, hideous, unsightly, grotesque, repulsive
- meanmean, cruel, unkind, nasty, hurtful
- aggressive tacticsblitz, blitzkrieg, frontal assault, attack mode, brute force
- offensive tacticsblitz, raid, rush, sweep, drive
- playstylesaggressive, passive, casual, competitive, tactical
- vulgarcrude, crass, coarse, vulgar, rude
offensivedefensive
Protective or easily threatened
defending · guarding · protective · counteroffensive · reactive
offensiveinoffensive
Causing no displeasure
respectful · polite · courteous · complimentary · kind
offensivepleasant
Giving enjoyment or comfort
delightful · agreeable · pleasing · attractive · delicious
- offensive lineFootball's protective forward squad
- offensive foulsViolations by attacking player
- offensive strategyPlan for aggression
- offensive languageHurtful or vulgar speech
- charm offensiveCalculated effort to please
- offensive remarksLanguage meant to hurt
inoffensive, offensively, unoffensive, offensiveness, offensives, nonoffensive, counter-offensive, offensive line