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offencive

offencive is the obsolete form of offensive.

Meaning of offensive

Adjective

offensive (comparative more offensive, superlative most offensive)

  1. Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation.
    • Some people find pornography offensive.
    Antonyms:
    inoffensive
    1. (broadly) Socially disrespectful; insensitive.
  2. Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive.
    • The army's offensive capabilities. An offensive weapon.
    Antonyms:
    defensive
  3. Having to do with play directed at scoring.
    • The offensive coordinator is responsible for ordering all rushing plays.

See all 6 meanings of offensive

Forms of offencive

comparativemore offencive
superlativemost offencive

Questions about offencive

What is offencive the obsolete form of?
Offencive is the obsolete form of offensive.

Words near offencive in the dictionary

  1. offencelessly
  2. offencelessness
  3. offences
  4. offences taken into consideration
  5. offences to be taken into consideration
  6. offencive
  7. offencively
  8. offend
  9. offendable
  10. offendant
  11. offendants

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Adapted from Wiktionary: offencive (page history and authors); offensive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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