Offensive əˈfensɪv Smell Connected Adjective Bre Remarks Programme

• offensive remarks
• the programme contains language which some viewers may find offensive.
• his comments were deeply offensive to a large number of single mothers.
• an offensive smell

offensive

1. rude in a way that causes you to feel upset, insulted or annoyed
• opposite inoffensive
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/inoffensive
• offensive remarks
• The programme contains language which some viewers may find offensive.
• His comments were deeply offensive to a large number of single mothers.
2. extremely unpleasant
• synonym obnoxious
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/obnoxious
• an offensive smell
• What a disgusting smell!
• She could smell his foul breath.
• The stew looked revolting.
3. connected with the act of attacking somebody/something
• compare defensive
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/defensive_1
• an offensive war
• offensive action
• He was charged with carrying an offensive weapon.
4. connected with the team that has control of the ball; connected with the act of scoring points
• compare defensive
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/defensive_1
• offensive play

Extra Examples

• The material is patently offensive as measured by the standards for the broadcast medium.
• This sort of attitude is very offensive to black people.
• I’ve had enough of her offensive remarks.
• The problem is how to eliminate offensive smells from the processing plant.
• This job is stressful enough even without clients being offensive.

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent.: from French offensif, -ive or medieval Latin offensivus, from Latin offens- ‘struck against’, from the verb offendere ‘strike against’.