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offensive

adj
/əˈfɛnsɪv//ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv/US

Etymology

From Middle French offensif, from offendre + -if by analogy with défensif. Offendre is from Latin offendere (“to offend”); see offend.

  1. derived from offendo — “to offend”
  2. derived from offensif

Definitions

  1. Causing offense

    Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation.

    • Some people find pornography offensive.
    • An offensive smell.
    • A survey at Yale University had 63% of students wanting professors to issue “trigger warnings” before saying anything that some might find offensive or could cause painful emotions.

  2. Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive.

    • The army's offensive capabilities. An offensive weapon.

  3. Having to do with play directed at scoring.

    • The offensive coordinator is responsible for ordering all rushing plays.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. An attack.

      • The Marines today launched a major offensive.

    2. The posture of attacking or being able to attack.

      • He took the offensive in the press, accusing his opponent of corruption.

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Derived

counteroffensive, cyberoffensive, inoffensive, nonoffensive, non-offensive, offensive and defensive alliance, offensive back, offensive foul, offensive guard, offensive line, offensive line of scrimmage, offensively, offensiveness, offensive tackle, offensive to pious ears, offensive zone, overoffensive, superoffensive, unoffensive, counter-offensive, charm offensive, prawn cocktail offensive, take the offensive

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at offensive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01offensive02indignation03self-righteous04smugly05self-satisfied06smug07offensively

A definitional loop anchored at offensive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at offensive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA