Offensive - English meaning

adjective

Extremely offensive and insulting.

Usage examples:

The goalkeeper was sent off for using abusive language

adjective

Treating someone badly or cruelly, esp. physically

Usage examples:

He was a very strict parent, but never abusive.

adjective

Using rude and offensive words

Usage examples:

She was sacked for sending an abusive email to a colleague., abusive calls/comments/language, the f…

adjective

Ready or likely to attack or confront; characterized by or resulting from aggression.

Usage examples:

He's very uncooperative and aggressive

Characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

adjective

Using strong, forceful methods esp. to sell or persuade

Usage examples:

The company mounted an aggressive marketing campaign., you have to be aggressive if you want to suc…

adjective

Causing irritation or annoyance.

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Annoying habits

verb

Make (someone) a little angry; irritate.

Usage examples:

The decision really annoyed him

adjective

Making you feel slightly angry

Usage examples:

It's really annoying when a train is late and there's no explanation., he's got a really annoying l…

adjective

Showing or feeling active opposition or hostility towards someone or something.

Usage examples:

An antagonistic group of bystanders

adjective

Actively opposing or showing unfriendliness towards something or someone

Usage examples:

He's extremely antagonistic towards all critics.

verb

Make a physical attack on.

Usage examples:

He pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer

noun

A physical attack.

Usage examples:

His imprisonment for an assault on the film director

verb

Attack someone physically or emotionally

verb

Take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force.

Usage examples:

In february the germans attacked verdun

noun

An aggressive and violent act against a person or place.

Usage examples:

He was killed in an attack on a checkpoint

verb

An offensive against an enemy

adjective

Launching or engaging in a military or violent physical attack.

Usage examples:

The attacking troops met almost no opposition at first

verb

Take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force.

Usage examples:

In february the germans attacked verdun

adjective

In sports and games, relating to moving forward to try to score points, goals, etc.

Usage examples:

The team showed some dazzling attacking play in the first half, scoring three excellent goals., the…

adjective

Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.

Usage examples:

A mood of bellicose jingoism

adjective

Wishing to fight or start a war

Usage examples:

The general made some bellicose statements about his country's military strength.

adjective

Hostile and aggressive.

Usage examples:

The mood at the meeting was belligerent

noun

A nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized by international law.

Usage examples:

Ships and goods captured at sea by a belligerent

adjective

Eager to fight or argue

Usage examples:

She was so belligerent that i gave up trying to explain.

noun

An intensive or sudden military attack.

Usage examples:

A heavy artillery blitz

verb

Another term for lightning chess.

noun

A sudden and violent military attack, usually with bombs dropped from aircraft

Usage examples:

That computer needs an advertising blitz to sell it.

noun

An organized course of action to achieve a goal.

Usage examples:

The campaign for a full inquiry into the regime

verb

Work in an organized and active way towards a particular goal, typically a political or social one.

Usage examples:

People who campaigned against child labour

noun

A planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to achieve a particular aim

Usage examples:

The protests were part of their campaign against the proposed building development in the area., th…

verb

Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

Usage examples:

Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun

A price asked for goods or services.

Usage examples:

Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun

An ambassador's deputy.

adjective

Ready or eager to fight or argue.

Usage examples:

He made some enemies with his combative style

adjective

Eager to fight or argue

Usage examples:

The prime minister was in a combative mood, twice accusing the opposition of gross incompetence.

adjective

Showing a critical or disrespectful attitude.

Usage examples:

She tells me i'm fat and is always making derogatory remarks

adjective

Expressing criticism or insult

Usage examples:

She was upset by derogatory comments made about her clothes.

adjective

Showing strong disapproval and not showing respect

Usage examples:

Derogatory comment he made some derogatory comment about her appearance., many people find this ter…

adjective

Causing annoyance or dissatisfaction; disagreeable.

Usage examples:

It was not entirely displeasing to be the centre of such a drama

verb

Make (someone) feel annoyed or dissatisfied.

Usage examples:

The tone of the letter displeased him

verb

Present participle of displease

Usage examples:

I wouldn't want to do anything to displease him.

adjective

Showing a lack of respect or courtesy; impolite.

Usage examples:

A deeply disrespectful attitude towards women

adjective

Lacking respect

Usage examples:

Disrespectful behaviour, they were angered by what they perceived as disrespectful comments.

verb

Operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.

Usage examples:

He got into his car and drove off

noun

(of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way, especially one that is considered undesirable or inappropriate.

Usage examples:

He was driven by ambition

verb

To travel in a motor vehicle, esp. as the person who operates it

Usage examples:

[ t ] we drove 40 miles to visit my aunt., [ i ] she drove through pennsylvania to ohio., [ i ] she…

adjective

Intensely irritating and frustrating.

Usage examples:

They suffered a number of exasperating setbacks

verb

Irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely.

Usage examples:

This futile process exasperates prison officers

adjective

Annoying, especially because you can do nothing to solve a problem

Usage examples:

It's so exasperating when he won't listen to a word that i say.

noun

A sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid.

Usage examples:

The garrison made a foray against richard's camp

verb

Make or go on a foray.

Usage examples:

The place into which they were forbidden to foray

noun

A brief attempt at or involvement in an activity outside a person’s or organization’s usual range of activities

Usage examples:

The opera company has made curious forays into contemporary music in recent seasons.

adjective

Causing annoyance or resentment; annoying.

Usage examples:

It would be galling to lose your job because of a dispute with a customer

verb

Make (someone) feel annoyed or resentful.

Usage examples:

It galled him to have to sit impotently in silence

adjective

Annoying

Usage examples:

He found his reduced status galling.

adjective

Showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly.

Usage examples:

A hostile audience

adjective

Characterized by enmity or ill will

adjective

Showing strong dislike; unfriendly

Usage examples:

Her parents were openly hostile to me., the nevada desert is one of the most hostile regions in ame…

adjective

Making someone feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride.

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A humiliating defeat

verb

Make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride.

Usage examples:

You'll humiliate me in front of the whole school!

adjective

Making you feel ashamed or stupid

Usage examples:

Losing my job was the most humiliating thing that ever happened to me., the government suffered a h…

adjective

Causing distress to someone's feelings.

Usage examples:

His hurtful remarks

adjective

Causing emotional pain

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A hurtful remark

adjective

Not showing proper respect; rude.

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An impertinent question

adjective

Not showing enough respect; rude

Usage examples:

Don’t be impertinent – you’re in no position to tell your boss what to do.

adjective

Rude and not showing respect, especially towards someone older or in a higher position than you

Usage examples:

I hope he didn't think i was being impertinent when i asked him about his private life., an imperti…

noun

An invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one.

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Incursions into enemy territory

noun

A sudden and unwanted entrance to a place or area controlled by others, esp. in a military attack

noun

A sudden attack on or act of going into a place, especially across a border

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Incursions into enemy territory

adjective

Disrespectful or scornfully abusive.

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Insulting remarks

verb

Speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse.

Usage examples:

You're insulting the woman i love

adjective

Rude or offensive

Usage examples:

You can't offer such a low salary to someone who is so highly skilled - it's insulting.

verb

(of an armed force) enter (a country or region) so as to subjugate or occupy it.

Usage examples:

During the second world war the island was invaded by the axis powers

verb

Present participle of invade

Usage examples:

Concentrations of troops near the border look set to invade within the next few days., hundreds of …

noun

An instance of invading a country or region with an armed force.

Usage examples:

Napoleon's disastrous invasion of russia in 1812

noun

The act of entering a place by force, often in large numbers

Usage examples:

The invasion of the normandy coast on d-day, fig. i certainly regarded the tapping of my phone as a…

adjective

Causing annoyance, impatience, or mild anger.

Usage examples:

An irritating child

verb

Make (someone) annoyed or a little angry.

Usage examples:

His tone irritated her

adjective

Making you feel annoyed or angry

Usage examples:

There was one irritating delay after another.

adjective

Relating to fighting or war.

Usage examples:

Martial bravery

proper noun

(c.40–c.104 ad), roman epigrammatist, born in spain; latin name marcus valerius martialis. his fifteen books of epigrams, in a variety of metres, reflect all facets of roman life.

adjective

Of or suitable for war

adjective

Arousing distaste or opposition; unpleasant or offensive.

Usage examples:

I find his theory objectionable in its racist undertones

adjective

Causing offense or opposition

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Objectionable behavior

noun

A breach of a law or rule; an illegal act.

Usage examples:

The new offence of obtaining property by deception

noun

An illegal act or crime

Usage examples:

It is a criminal offence to mislead customers about the price of an item., a serious/major/minor of…

idiom

To act in a strong, determined way to defeat someone or something, often in a game or competition

Usage examples:

In the second half, the panthers went on the attack and they scored after two minutes., the democra…

noun

A fierce or destructive attack.

Usage examples:

A series of onslaughts on the citadel

noun

A violent and forceful attack

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Fig. with the nice weather, the beach towns are expecting an onslaught of tourists.

adjective

Causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately.

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A provocative article

adjective

Causing annoyance; irritating.

Usage examples:

There is evidence of provoking conduct and loss of self-control

verb

Stimulate or give rise to (a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one) in someone.

Usage examples:

The decision provoked a storm of protest from civil rights organizations

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

She pushed her glass towards him

noun

An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

He closed the door with a push

verb

Move with force, "he pushed the table into a corner"

noun

A rapid surprise attack on an enemy by troops, aircraft, or other armed forces.

Usage examples:

A bombing raid

verb

Conduct a raid on.

Usage examples:

Officers raided thirty homes yesterday

abbreviation

Redundant array of independent (or inexpensive) disks, a system for providing greater capacity, faster access, and security against data corruption by spreading data across several disk drives.

adjective

Offensively impolite or bad-mannered.

Usage examples:

She had been rude to her boss

adjective

Behaving in a way that hurts other people’s feelings; not polite

Usage examples:

I apologized for ted’s rude behavior., i thought it was rude of him not to introduce me., i’ve live…

noun

A sudden charge out of a besieged place against the enemy; a sortie.

Usage examples:

The garrison there made a sally against us

verb

Make a military sortie.

Usage examples:

They sallied out to harass the enemy

noun

The part of a bell rope that has coloured wool woven into it to provide a grip for the bell-ringer's hands.

Usage examples:

There are two parts to the bell rope – the tail and the soft sally, which are pulled alternately to…

noun

An attack made by troops coming out from a position of defence.

Usage examples:

Their sortie netted the two machineguns and eight prisoners.

verb

Come out from a defensive position to make an attack.

Usage examples:

We'll soon know if they sortie

adjective

Having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner.

Usage examples:

Her mother had received a threatening letter

verb

State one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done.

Usage examples:

How dare you threaten me?

adjective

Expressing the possibility that something unwanted or unpleasant will happen

Usage examples:

Threatening skies meant a storm was coming., she received several threatening phone calls after her…

verb

Push suddenly or violently in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

She thrust her hands into her pockets

noun

A sudden or violent lunge with a pointed weapon or a bodily part.

Usage examples:

He drove the blade upwards with one powerful thrust

verb

To push suddenly and strongly

Usage examples:

[ t ] she thrust the money into his hand., [ i ] he thrust at me with a stick., [ c ] a sword thrus…

adjective

Causing annoyance, frustration, or worry.

Usage examples:

The most vexing questions for policymakers

verb

Make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters.

Usage examples:

The memory of the conversation still vexed him

adjective

Disposed towards or threatening war; hostile.

Usage examples:

A warlike clan

adjective

Suited to or liking war, or threatening, as if going to fight

Usage examples:

A warlike mood, a warlike speech

adjective

Causing physical injury.

Usage examples:

Crossbows and deadly wounding darts

verb

Inflict a wound on.

Usage examples:

The sergeant was seriously wounded

verb

Present participle of wound

Usage examples:

Flying glass wounded her in the face and neck., the police chief was badly wounded in the explosion…