Definition of offensive

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Offensive (a.) Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive war; offensive weapons..

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Aggravate :: Aggravate (v. t.) To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify..
Harmless :: Harmless (a.) Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive.
Fulsome :: Fulsome (a.) Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery..
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..
Odious :: Odious (a.) Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust; offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight; an odious smell..
Caterwaul :: Caterwaul (v. i.) To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise..
Displeasing :: Displeasing (a.) Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive; disagreeable.
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring; pleasing to the eye; not exciting by intensity of color or violent contrast; as, soft hues or tints..
Indelicate :: Indelicate (a.) Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior..
Deodorization :: Deodorization (n.) The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities..
Mephitical :: Mephitical (a.) Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors..
Tang :: Tang (n.) A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask..
Silly :: Silly (n.) Harmless; innocent; inoffensive.
Noisome :: Noisome (a.) Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid.
Disagreeably :: Disagreeably (adv.) In a disagreeable manner; unsuitably; offensively.
Antibromic :: Antibromic (n.) An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer.
Weed :: Weed (v. t.) To free from anything hurtful or offensive.
Fetid :: Fetid (a.) Having an offensive smell; stinking.
Hound''s-tongue :: Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue..
Stink :: Stink (v. i.) To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor..
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