offensive

Adjective

• causing or able to cause nausea
  • a nauseating smell
    
  • nauseous offal
    
  • a sickening stench
    

• substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one
  • `nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'
    

• unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
  • offensive odors
    

• morally offensive
  • an unsavory reputation
    
  • an unsavory scandal
    

• causing anger or annoyance
  • offensive remarks
    

• for the purpose of attack rather than defense
  • offensive weapons
    

• violating or tending to violate or offend against
  • violative of the principles of liberty
    
  • considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity
    

Noun

• the action of attacking an enemy

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  nauseating , nauseous , noisome , queasy , loathsome , sickening , vile , dysphemistic , unsavory , unsavoury , violative , offense , offence
• Antonyms: 
  euphemistic , inoffensive , savory , savoury , unoffending , defensive