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  • 1 be on the offensive

    (to be making an attack: She always expects people to criticize her and so she is always on the offensive.) προσβλητικότητα

    English-Greek dictionary > be on the offensive

  • 2 Offensive

    adj.
    P. and V. βαρύς, ἐπαχθής, P. ἀηδής.
    Causing jealousy: P. and V. ἐπίφθονος.
    In bad taste: P. and V. πλημμελής, Ar. and P. ἄγροικος.
    Insulting: P. ὑβριστικός, V. κακόστομος; see Abusive.
    Take the offensive: P. ἐπιχειρεῖν (Thuc. 3, 12), προεπιχειρεῖν (Thuc. 6, 34).
    Offensive and defensive alliance: P. συμμαχία ὥστε τοὺς αὐτούς ἐχθροὺς καὶ φίλους νομίζειν (Thuc. 1, 44).

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Offensive

  • 3 offend

    [ə'fend] 1. verb
    1) (to make feel upset or angry: If you don't go to her party she will be offended; His criticism offended her.) προβάλλω
    2) (to be unpleasant or disagreeable: Cigarette smoke offends me.) ενοχλώ
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    - offender
    - offensive     2. noun
    (an attack: They launched an offensive against the invading army.) επίθεση
    - offensiveness
    - be on the offensive
    - take offence

    English-Greek dictionary > offend

  • 4 black

    [blæk] 1. adjective
    1) (of the colour in which these words are printed: black paint.) μαύρος
    2) (without light: a black night; The night was black and starless.) σκοτεινός
    3) (dirty: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.) βρώμικος
    4) (without milk: black coffee.) χωρίς γάλα, `σκέτος` (πχ. για καφέ)
    5) (evil: black magic.) μαύρος
    6) ((often offensive: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.) νέγρος
    7) ((especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).) έγχρωμος
    2. noun
    1) (the colour in which these words are printed: Black and white are opposites.) μαύρο (χρώμα)
    2) (something (eg paint) black in colour: I've used up all the black.) μαύρο χρώμα
    3) ((often with capital: often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.) νέγρος
    3. verb
    (to make black.) μαυρίζω
    - blacken
    - black art/magic
    - blackbird
    - blackboard
    - black box
    - the Black Death
    - black eye
    - blackhead
    - blacklist     4. verb
    (to put (a person etc) on such a list.) γράφω στο μαύρο κατάστιχο, προγράφω
    5. noun
    (the act of blackmailing: money got by blackmail.) εκβιασμός
    - Black Maria
    - black market
    - black marketeer
    - blackout
    - black sheep
    - blacksmith
    - black and blue
    - black out
    - in black and white

    English-Greek dictionary > black

  • 5 shit

    [ʃit] 1. noun
    (an impolite or offensive word for the solid waste material that is passed out of the body.) σκατά
    2. verb
    (to pass waste matter from the body.) χέζω

    English-Greek dictionary > shit

  • 6 rat

    1. noun
    1) (a small animal with a long tail, like a mouse but larger: The rats have eaten holes in those bags of flour.) αρουραίος
    2) (an offensive word for an unpleasant and untrustworthy person.) μπαμπέσης, μασκαράς
    2. verb
    1) (to break an agreement, promise etc.) σπάζω
    2) (to betray one's friends, colleagues etc: The police know we're here. Someone must have ratted.) ρουφιανεύω, καρφώνω
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    - smell a rat

    English-Greek dictionary > rat

  • 7 obnoxious

    [əb'nokʃəs]
    (offensive: an obnoxious man; The smell of that mixture is really obnoxious.) απεχθής,δυσάρεστος,αποκρουστικός

    English-Greek dictionary > obnoxious

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  • To act on the offensive — Offensive Of*fen sive, n. The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; opposed to {defensive}. [1913 Webster] {To take the offensive}, {To act on the offensive}, {To go on the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To go on the offensive — Offensive Of*fen sive, n. The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; opposed to {defensive}. [1913 Webster] {To take the offensive}, {To act on the offensive}, {To go on the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To take the offensive — Offensive Of*fen sive, n. The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; opposed to {defensive}. [1913 Webster] {To take the offensive}, {To act on the offensive}, {To go on the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cult of the offensive — Map of the Schlieffen Plan and planned French counter offensives Cult of the offensive refers to a strategic military dilemma, where leaders believe that offensive advantages are so great that a defending force would have no hope of repelling the …   Wikipedia

  • on the offensive — adjective actively attacking • Similar to: ↑offensive * * * on the offensive : in or into a situation or position in which you attack or fight against someone or something The soldiers are on the offensive. She went on the offensive to fight the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • go on the offensive — take the offensive phrase to begin to attack or criticize someone who you think is attacking you Under pressure from his critics, the minister decided to go on the offensive. Thesaurus: skin problems, swellings and injurieshyponym Main entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • take the offensive — to begin to attack or fight against someone or something Opponents of the development project took the offensive and defeated the land sale. • • • Main Entry: ↑offensive * * * go on (to) the ofˈfensive | take the ofˈfensive idiom to start attack …   Useful english dictionary

  • go on the offensive — or take the offensive to begin to attack or criticize someone who you think is attacking you Under pressure from his critics, the minister decided to go on the offensive …   English dictionary

  • take the offensive — go on the offensive or take the offensive to begin to attack or criticize someone who you think is attacking you Under pressure from his critics, the minister decided to go on the offensive …   English dictionary

  • (be) on the offensive — be on the ofˈfensive idiom to be attacking sb/sth rather than waiting for them to attack you • The Scots were on the offensive for most of the game. • The government is very much on the offensive in the fight against drugs. Main entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

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