Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable)An attack.

    The Marines today launched a major offensive.

    Offensive, Angriff

    наступле́ниеnastuplénije, ата́каatáka

    на́ступnástup, ата́каatáka, офензи́ваofenzýva

  2. (uncountable)The posture of attacking or being able to attack.

    He took the offensive in the press, accusing his opponent of corruption.

    the action of attacking an enemy

Examples

112 sentences
  1. Tom's jokes are offensive.

    Жарти Тома образливі. — deniko

    deToms Witze sind beleidigend. — Naina

  2. I personally find that very offensive.

    ruЯ нахожу это очень оскорбительным. — Smoky

  3. That statement is both false and offensive.

  4. I find that offensive.

    ruЯ нахожу это оскорбительным. — Balamax

  5. That's an offensive question.

    ruЭто оскорбительный вопрос. — Wezel

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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an attack:
Deutsch
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an attack:

Origin

From Middle French offensif, from offendre + -if by analogy with défensif. Offendre is fro

From Middle French offensif, from offendre + -if by analogy with défensif. Offendre is from Latin offendere (“to offend”); see offend.

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Forms

plural: offensives
Singularoffensive
Pluraloffensives

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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