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offensive
English
Alternative forms
- offencive (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French offensif, from Medieval Latin offensivus, from Latin offendere (“to offend”), past participle offensus; see offend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??f?ns?v/
- (sports): (US) IPA(key): /???f?ns?v/
Adjective
offensive (comparative more offensive, superlative most offensive)
- Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, or hatred.
- Antonym: inoffensive
- Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive.
- Antonym: defensive
- (sports) Having to do with play directed at scoring.
Usage notes
- When the second syllable is emphasized, "offensive" is defined as "insulting". When the first syllable is emphasized, it refers to the attacker in a conflict or a sport.
- Nouns to which "offensive" is often applied: content, material, language, word, comment, remark, statement, speech, joke, humor, image, picture, art, behavior, conduct, act, action.
Synonyms
- aggressive
- invidious (Intending to cause envious offense)
Derived terms
Related terms
- offend
- offense
Translations
Noun
offensive (countable and uncountable, plural offensives)
- (countable, military) An attack.
- (uncountable) The posture of attacking or being able to attack.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- offensive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- offensive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Danish
Adjective
offensive
- plural and definite singular attributive of offensiv
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.f??.siv/
- Homophone: offensives
Etymology 1
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Noun
offensive f (plural offensives)
- (military) offensive (an attack)
Descendants
- ? German: Offensive
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Adjective
offensive
- feminine singular of offensif
Further reading
- “offensive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
offensive
- inflection of offensiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /of.fen?si.ve/
- Hyphenation: of?fen?sì?ve
- Rhymes: -ive
Adjective
offensive
- feminine plural of offensivo
Noun
offensive f
- plural of offensiva
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
offensive
- definite singular/plural of offensiv
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
offensive
- definite singular/plural of offensiv
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perfidious
English
Etymology
From Latin perfidi?sus (“treacherous”), from perfidia.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /p??f?di.?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p??f?di.?s/
Adjective
perfidious (comparative more perfidious, superlative most perfidious)
- Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance. [from late 16th c.]
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2
- TRINCULO (speaking about Caliban): By this light, a most perfidious and drunken / monster: when his god's asleep, he'll rob his bottle.
- 1851, Oliver Goldsmith, Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome (ed. William C. Taylor), ch. 26:
- The perfidious Ricimer soon became dissatisfied with Anthe'mius, and raised the standard of revolt.
- 1905, Andrew Lang, John Knox and the Reformation, ch. 14:
- [S]he knew Huntly for the ambitious traitor he was, a man peculiarly perfidious and self-seeking.
- 2005 June 21, Robert Hughes, "Art: The Velocipede of Modernism," Time:
- When the Nazis branded Feininger a "degenerate artist" in 1937, he left 54 paintings for safekeeping with a Bauhaus friend named Hermann Klumpp. After the war, and for the rest of Feininger's life, the perfidious Klumpp refused to give them back.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2
Synonyms
- (disloyal): disloyal, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful
Derived terms
- perfidiously
- perfidiousness
- unperfidious
Related terms
- perfidy
Translations
Further reading
- Perfidious Albion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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