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• Offensive — Of*fen sive, a. [Cf. F. offensif. See {Offend}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words. [1913 Webster] 2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• offensive — of·fen·sive /ə fen siv/ adj 1: of, relating to, or designed for attack offensive weapons 2: causing displeasure or resentment; esp: contrary to a particular or prevailing sense of what is decent, proper, or moral depicted sexual acts in a… …   Law dictionary

• offensive — 1 adjective 1 very rude or insulting and likely to upset people: I found her remarks deeply offensive. (+ to): crude jokes that are offensive to women opposite inoffensive 2 formal unpleasant: an offensive smell 3 (only before noun) for attacking …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• offensive — of|fen|sive1 [ ə fensıv ] adjective * 1. ) unpleasant or insulting, and likely to make people upset or embarrassed: books containing offensive language offensive odors There were complaints that the advertisement was offensive to women. 2. ) only …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• offensive — I UK [əˈfensɪv] / US adjective * 1) unpleasant or insulting, and likely to make people upset or embarrassed books containing offensive language offensive odours There were complaints that the advertisement was offensive to women. • Collocations:… …   English dictionary

• offensive*/ — [əˈfensɪv] adj I 1) unpleasant or insulting, and likely to make people upset or embarrassed Ant: inoffensive offensive language[/ex] offensive odours[/ex] The advertisement was offensive to many women.[/ex] 2) used for attacking Ant: defensive… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• offensive — I. adjective Date: circa 1564 1. a. making attack ; aggressive b. of, relating to, or designed for attack < offensive weapons > c. of or relating to an attempt to score in a game or contest; also of or relating to a team in possession of the ball …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• weapons — I noun armaments, armorum, arms, deadly devices, deadly weapons, instruments of combat, lethal instruments, lethal weapons, munitions associated concepts: concealed weapons, deadly weapons, possession of a weapon foreign phrases: Arma in armatos… …   Law dictionary

• offensive arms — weapons used for attack purposes …   English contemporary dictionary

• Weapons and Armor —    One of the more important functions of late antique and early medieval nobles, kings, and emperors was as warriors or war leaders. As a result it was necessary for them to be properly outfitted for battle, and a certain standard in weapons and …   Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe

• Weapons Factory — The Weapons Factory (also abbreviated as WF ) is a series of video game capture the flag class based mods, originally created for Quake II by brothers Tom Tumorhead Reno and Gregg Headache Reno. It since has had several incarnations (six plus… …   Wikipedia