Offensive Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-fĕnsĭv
Concerned with an attack
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. assaulting
  2. attacking
  3. violative
  4. invading
Antonyms:
  1. defensive
  2. defending
  3. guarding
Insolent
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. disgusting
  2. nasty
  3. repellent
  4. repulsive
  5. revolting
  6. vile
  7. impertinent
  8. atrocious
  9. foul
  10. horrid
  11. impudent
  12. nauseating
  13. unsavoury
  14. loathsome
  15. sickening
  16. odious
  17. ugly
  18. insulting
  19. unwholesome
  20. unsavory
Antonyms:
  1. complimentary
  2. nice
  3. respectful
  4. inoffensive
  5. kind
  6. savory
  7. pleasing
  8. euphemistic
  9. polite
  10. agreeable
  11. defensive
Revolting
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. disagreeable
  2. displeasing
  3. bad
  4. nauseous
  5. uncongenial
  6. unpleasant
  7. loathsome
  8. unsympathetic
  9. sickening
  10. nauseating
  11. vile
  12. icky
  13. obnoxious
  14. odious
  15. opprobrious
  16. abhorrent
  17. reprehensible
  18. detestable
  19. repulsive
  20. repugnant
  21. shocking
  22. horrible
  23. horrid
  24. hideous
  25. repellent
  26. invidious
  27. revolting
  28. distasteful
  29. impious
  30. blasphemous
  31. unspeakable
  32. accursed
  33. unutterable
  34. dreadful
  35. terrible
  36. grisly
  37. ghastly
  38. bloody
  39. gory
  40. infamous
  41. hateful
  42. low
  43. foul
  44. corrupt
  45. indecent
  46. nasty
  47. dirty
  48. unclean
  49. filthy
  50. malignant
  51. rancid
  52. disgusting
  53. feculent
  54. lousy
  55. verminous
  56. macabre
  57. putrid
  58. impure
  59. beastly
  60. monstrous
  61. coarse
  62. objectionable
  63. ribald
  64. noxious
  65. abominable
  66. stinking
  67. reeking
  68. execrable
  69. purulent
  70. obscene
  71. saprogenous
  72. pernicious
  73. smutty
  74. damnable
  75. distressing
  76. irritating
  77. uninviting
  78. contaminated
  79. frightful
  80. malodorous
  81. unattractive
  82. forbidding
  83. disagreeing
  84. adverse
  85. inimical
  86. repelling
  87. incompatible
  88. unsavory
  89. intolerable
  90. unpalatable
  91. dissatisfactory
  92. unpleasing
  93. inharmonious
  94. unsuited
  95. queasy
  96. annoying
  97. antipathetic
  98. in disfavor
  99. to one's disgust
  100. beneath contempt
  101. bad vibes
  102. cussed
  103. blankety
  104. helluva
  105. gosh-awful
  106. hell-fired
  107. jerkwater
  108. mangy
  109. rummy
  110. snide
  111. two-bit
  112. pewy
  113. yucky
  114. noisome
Antonyms:
  1. pleasant
  2. agreeable
  3. inoffensive
  4. likable
Substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. dysphemistic

Words Related to Offensive

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Offensive Sentence Examples

  • We must respect their traditions, no matter how offensive they are.

  • It was decided therefore to abandon offensive operations.

  • Sulphuretted hydrogen is a colourless gas possessing an extremely offensive odour.

  • The conception of a permanent confederation, bound together in offensive and defensive alliance for common objects, has not occurred to these hard fighters and stubborn asserters of their civic privileges.

  • Balashev replied that there was "nothing offensive in the demand, because..." but Murat interrupted him.

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