offensive
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
offensive/əˈfensɪv/
▶adjective
- 1 causing offence.
- 2 (of a military operation or weapon) involved or used in active attack.
- 3 chiefly N. Amer. relating to the team in possession of the ball or puck in a game.
- 1 a military campaign of attack.
- 2 a forceful campaign.
– phrases
on the offensive ready to act aggressively.
on the offensive ready to act aggressively.
– derivatives
offensively adverb,
offensiveness noun.
offensively adverb,
offensiveness noun.
'offensive' also found in these Oxford entries:
Abo
- abuse
- abusive
- American Indian
- Asiatic
- Australoid
- baas
- Bantu
- bogtrotter
- boong
- bowdlerize
- boy
- cabbage
- Caucasian
- censor
- charm offensive
- Chinese fire drill
- Chink
- Chinky
- clean
- coloured
- condone
- coolie
- coon
- cripple
- curse
- dago
- darkie
- deaf mute
- disabled
- dwarf
- Eskimo
- Fenian
- filth
- filthy
- flanker
- foul
- four-letter word
- geriatric
- gin
- gook
- greaser
- gyppo
- half blood
- half-breed
- half-caste
- Hebe
- Hebrew
- high yellow
- Hottentot
