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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)

  1. Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, or hatred.
    Antonym: inoffensive
  2. Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive.
    Antonym: defensive
  3. (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)

  1. (countable, military) An attack.
  2. (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

  1. plural and definite singular attributive of offensiv

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?.f??.siv/
  • Homophone: offensives

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

offensive f (plural offensives)

  1. (military) offensive (an attack)
Descendants
  • ? German: Offensive

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

offensive

  1. 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

  1. inflection of offensiv:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /of.fen?si.ve/
  • Hyphenation: of?fen?sì?ve
  • Rhymes: -ive

Adjective

offensive

  1. feminine plural of offensivo

Noun

offensive f

  1. plural of offensiva

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

offensive

  1. definite singular/plural of offensiv

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

offensive

  1. definite singular/plural of offensiv

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rotten

English

Etymology

From Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn (decayed, rotten), past participle of an unrecorded verb related to Old Norse rotna (to rot) and Old English rotian (to rot), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rut?n? (to rot). More at rot.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /???tn?/, [????n?]
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???tn?/
  • Rhymes: -?t?n

Adjective

rotten (comparative rottener or more rotten, superlative rottenest or most rotten)

  1. Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
    If you leave a bin unattended for a few weeks, the rubbish inside will turn rotten.
    • 1596-99?, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I, scene iii:
      Antonio: Mark you this, Bassanio, / The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. / An evil soul producing holy witness / Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, / A goodly apple rotten at the heart. / O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
  2. In a state of decay.
    The floors were damaged and the walls were rotten.
    His mouth stank and his teeth were rotten.
  3. Cruel, mean or immoral.
    That man is a rotten father.
    This rotten policy will create more injustice in this country.
  4. Bad or terrible.
    Why is the weather always rotten in this city?
    It was a rotten idea to take the boat out today.
    She has the flu and feels rotten.

Usage notes

  • Nouns to which “rotten” is often applied: wood, food, egg, meat, fruit, tomato, apple, banana, milk, vegetable, stuff, tooth, smell, person, kid, bastard, scoundrel, weather.

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

rotten (comparative more rotten, superlative most rotten)

  1. To an extreme degree.
    That kid is spoilt rotten.
    The girls fancy him something rotten.

Anagrams

  • Trento, torent

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?r?t?(n)/
  • Rhymes: -?t?n

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rotten, reformed from earlier roten, from Old Dutch *roton, from Proto-Germanic *rut?n?.

Verb

rotten

  1. To rot, to go bad, to decay.
Inflection
Derived terms
  • doorrotten
  • verrotten
  • wegrotten

Etymology 2

Noun

rotten

  1. Plural form of rot

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?r?t?n/, [???t?n], [???tn?]
  • Hyphenation: rot?ten

Etymology 1

From Middle High German roten, derived from rote (whence modern Rotte), from Old French rote, from Latin rupta.

Verb

rotten (weak, third-person singular present rottet, past tense rottete, past participle gerottet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (obsolete) To form into a gang, to rout, to squad.
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • zusammenrotten (remains common)

Etymology 2

From Middle High German roten, roden, from Proto-Germanic *rud?n?.

Verb

rotten (weak, third-person singular present rottet, past tense rottete, past participle gerottet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of roden (to clear woods, to make arable)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • ausrotten (remains common)

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German rotten, alteration (perhaps intensivation) of older r?ten, from Old Saxon rot?n, from Proto-Germanic *rut?n?.

Verb

rotten (weak, third-person singular present rottet, past tense rottete, past participle gerottet, auxiliary haben)

  1. To rot, to decay.
Conjugation
Usage notes
  • As a simplex chiefly with certain adverbs, like vor sich hin. More common in compounds.
Synonyms
  • faulen
  • verfaulen
Derived terms
  • dahinrotten
  • verrotten

Middle English

Verb

rotten

  1. Alternative form of roten (to rot)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • rotta f

Noun

rotten m

  1. definite masculine singular of rotte: rat (rodent)

West Frisian

Noun

rotten

  1. plural of rôt

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