- Look up
offensive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Offensive may
refer to:
Offensive (military), type of
military operation Offensive, the
former name...
- unpleasant. Some
euphemisms are
intended to amuse,
while others use bland,
inoffensive terms for
concepts that the user
wishes to downplay.
Euphemisms may be...
-
strangely united in the last of
their successors", "The life of this
inoffensive youth was
spared by the
generous clemency of Odoacer; who
dismissed him...
- niger),
where English took it from. The term can be
viewed as offensive,
inoffensive, or
completely neutral,
largely depending on the
region or
country where...
- big stick". The character's name is
derived from a
bland and
fairly inoffensive food, milk toast, which,
light and easy to digest, is an appropriate...
- "chocolate box" and have been
derided by
Degas and Pic****o for
being happy,
inoffensive scenes. Constable's
landscapes have also been so described.
Aelbert Cuyp's...
- In the
United States,
particularly in the
Midwest and South, it is an
inoffensive slang term
meaning "small animal". The term is used in the vernacular...
-
qualify for registration, dogs must show
tranquillity in the
presence of
inoffensive strangers,
indifference to gunfire, and
aggressive defence of the owner...
- each
other as
either is to
butterflies (Rhopalocera). Most
bagworms are
inoffensive to
humans and incon****uous; some are
occasional nuisance pests. However...
- was
originally used by
classical scholars as "a bookish, and
therefore inoffensive term for
writing about prostitutes", but its
meaning was
quickly expanded...
