Definition of offensive

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Offensive (a.) Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words..

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Clear :: Clear (v. t.) To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; -- often used with of, off, away, or out..
Graveolence :: Graveolence (n.) A strong and offensive smell; rancidity.
Grievous :: Grievous (a.) Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.
Papist :: Papist (n.) A Roman catholic; one who adheres to the Church of Rome and the authority of the pope; -- an offensive designation applied to Roman Catholics by their opponents.
Hideous :: Hideous (a.) Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise..
Good :: Good (superl.) Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; admirable; commendable; not bad, corrupt, evil, noxious, offensive, or troublesome, etc..
Expurgate :: Expurgate (v. t.) To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book..
Dislike :: Dislike (n.) A feeling of positive and usually permanent aversion to something unpleasant, uncongenial, or offensive; disapprobation; repugnance; displeasure; disfavor; -- the opposite of liking or fondness..
Deodorization :: Deodorization (n.) The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities..
Deodorizer :: Deodorizer (n.) He who, or that which, deodorizes; esp., an agent that destroys offensive odors..
Obscenity :: Obscenity (n.) That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as, the obscenity of a speech, or a picture..
Iodoform :: Iodoform (n.) A yellow, crystalline, volatile substance, CI3H, having an offensive odor and sweetish taste, and analogous to chloroform. It is used in medicine as a healing and antiseptic dressing for wounds and sores..
Harmless :: Harmless (a.) Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive.
Stench :: Stench (v. i.) An ill smell; an offensive odor; a stink.
Weed :: Weed (v. t.) To free from anything hurtful or offensive.
Objectionable :: Objectionable (a.) Liable to objection; likely to be objected to or disapproved of; offensive; as, objectionable words..
Armory :: Armory (n.) Armor; defensive and offensive arms.
Disorderly :: Disorderly (a.) Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house..
Obnoxious :: Obnoxious (a.) Offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs..
Personal :: Personal (a.) Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks..
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