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offensive (Offending), adjective abhorrent, abusive, annoying, antipathetic, beneath contempt, biting, blasphemous, coarse, contemptible, contumelious, detestable, disagreeable, discourteous, disdainful, displeasing, disrespectful, distasteful, execrable, foul, gravis, harsh, hateful, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, ill-bred, impertinent, impious, impudent, inaffable, indecent, inharmonious, insolent, insulting, intolerable, invidious, irritating, loathsome, low, malignant, monstrous, nasty, nauseating, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, odioous molestus, odious, offending, opprobrious, outrageous, peccant, putrid, reeking, repellent, repelling, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, ribald, rude, sarcastic, saucy, shocking, sickening, stinging, truculent, unbearable, uncivil, uncongenial, unendurable, ungracious, unmannered, unmannerly, unpalatable, unpleasant, unpleasing, unsavory, unspeakable, vile, wounding

offensive (Taking the initiative), adjective aggressive, agitational, antagonistic, assailant, assailing, attacking, battling, bellicose, combative, contentious, disruptive, fighting, hostile, inciting, incursive, inflammatory, instigative, invading, invasive, militant, militaristic, provocative, provoking, unpacific, unpeaceful, warlike

See also: antipathetic, assault, bad, blatant, calumnious, contemptible, contemptuous, corrupt, culpable, flagrant, foray, gross, heinous, impertinent, inelegant, insolent, invidious, lewd, litigious, loathsome, lurid, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, obtrusive, odious, onset, outrageous, peccant, presumptuous, profligate, pugnacious, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, salacious, scandalous, scurrilous, unacceptable, unbecoming, unendurable, unsatisfactory, unsavory, unseemly, vicious

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abusive aggressive agitational amoral antipathetic assailing attack attacking battery battling beneath contempt blasphemous contemptible demoralized disagreeable disgraced disgusting displeasing disruptive			off off calendar off guard off the mark off the point off the subject off-center off-color off-the-record offbeat offence offend offend against the law offended offender offender against society offender against the law offender under suspension of sentence offendere offending offense offense against the law offense against the state offense punishable by imprisonment offenseless offensive offensive action offensive to decency offensive to modesty offensive work environment offensively assertive offensively obtrusive offer offer a discount offer a job to offer a post offer a word of caution offer advice offer an explanation offer an explanation of offer an opinion offer an opinion to offer as an exhibit offer assurances to offer collateral offer compensation offer counsel offer evidence offer for consideration offer for inspection offer for sale			offense offense offense offense offense against the law offense against the sine condition offense against the state Offense Defense Offense Per Acre offense punishable by imprisonment Offense, Defense, Security, Stability offense-attrition, defense-attrition Offense-Defense Integration Offense-Maneuver, Defense-Attrition Offenseful offenseless offenseless offenses offenses offenses offenses Offenses Affecting Public Order, Health, and Morals Offenses Against the Family Offenses and Prosecutions Offenses and Prosecutions Offenses and Prosecutions Offenses Involving Trade, Business, and Professions Offensible Offensief voor Eerlijke Participatie van Studenten Offension offensive Offensive Abusive or Insulting Language Offensive Action Offensive Action offensive activity Offensive Air Support Offensive Air Support Mission Analysis Offensive Anti-Air Warfare Offensive Avionics System offensive capability Offensive Capability Improvement Program Offensive Central Defender Offensive Combat Value Offensive counter air Offensive Counter Air/Defensive Counter Air Offensive Counter Information offensive counter-cyber offensive counterair offensive counterair attack operations Offensive Counterintelligence Operations Offensive Counterspace offensive cyberspace operations Offensive Electronic Warfare Offensive Gegen Die Pelzindustrie offensive grenade Offensive Guard

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