Main entry: offensive
Definition: unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
Usage: offensive odors
Antonyms: inoffensive
Definition: giving no offense
Antonyms: fair
Definition: (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines
Antonyms: attractive
Definition: having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull
Antonyms: virtuous
Definition: morally excellent
Main entry: offensive
Definition: causing anger or annoyance
Usage: offensive remarks
Antonyms: unoffending, inoffensive
Definition: not causing anger or annoyance
Main entry: offensive
Definition: for the purpose of attack rather than defense
Usage: offensive weapons
Antonyms: defensive
Definition: intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack
Antonyms: confined
Definition: not invading healthy tissue
Antonyms: noninvasive
Definition: relating to a technique that does not involve puncturing the skin or entering a body cavity
Main entry: offensive, dysphemistic
Definition: substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one
Usage: `nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'
Antonyms: euphemistic, inoffensive
Definition: substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one
Main entry: offensive, unsavory, unsavoury
Definition: morally offensive
Usage: an unsavory reputation; an unsavory scandal
Main entry: offensive, violative
Definition: violating or tending to violate or offend against
Usage: violative of the principles of liberty; considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity
Antonyms: unoffending
Definition: not offending
Main entry: nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, vile, queasy, sickening, loathsome
Definition: causing or able to cause nausea
Usage: a nauseating smell; nauseous offal; a sickening stench
Antonyms: wholesome
Definition: conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being