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Offensive Pronunciation

Pronounce Offensive as OW F F EH N S IY V EH.

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    Offensive phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'offensive'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of offensive: /oʊffɛnsɪvɛ/
    • Modern IPA representation of offensive: /ɒffɛnsɪvɛ/

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    List of meaning for offensive

    hateful or hurtful

    offense, offence, offensive(adj)

    the action of attacking an enemy

    offensive, violative(adj)

    violating or tending to violate or offend against

    "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity"

    offensive(adj)

    for the purpose of attack rather than defense

    "offensive weapons"

    offensive(adj)

    causing anger or annoyance

    "offensive remarks"

    unsavory, unsavoury, offensive(adj)

    morally offensive

    "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"

    offensive(adj)

    unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses

    "offensive odors"

    dysphemistic, offensive(adj)

    substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one

    "`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'"

    nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile(adj)

    causing or able to cause nausea

    "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"

    causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment I find your disrespectful attitude toward religion very offensive

    the smell of rotting food is quite offensive

    provoking or likely to provoke protest

    insensitive, offensive remarks about the plight of the homeless

    the act or action of setting upon with force or violence

    the primary offensive by the ground forces will commence at dawn tomorrow

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    offensive in sentence

    1. Before my conservative sister brings a magazine into her home, she will bowdlerize it by tearing out the offensive pages.

    2. The offensive article about racism is sure to incense many minority groups.

    3. The student’s noisome prank was so offensive in odor that the entire school had to be evacuated.

    4. After seeing his girlfriend’s offensive text, he was contemplating a breakup.

    5. In some religions, the act of killing a cow is considered sacrilegious and offensive to God.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term offensive

    LeBron's LeBron. They’re not going to call offensive fouls on him.

    – Van Gundy

    Rajavi tells Fox News that her group’s activists inside Iran have stepped up their opposition to the government, and says a revolution against the theocratic regime could come from within. The Iranian resistance movement is in a new position and on the offensive in its showdown with the regime. Our resistance is an organized movement. The potential for an uprising exists within Iranian society.

    – Maryam Rajavi

    Iran could actually view some of this as being a potential buildup for some type of offensive action.

    – Becca Wasser

    The victorious end of Misrata's offensive on Sirte could be the harbinger of more infighting between different factions, ultimately, the current relative absence of violence in Libya is very fragile in many areas and could crumble under these multiple pressures.

    – Mattia Toaldo

    Those words, they were offensive to me and they were inappropriate, and he apologized to me. And I expect -- I accept his apology. And we are moving on.

    – Donald Trump

    Eight years ago I used offensive language during a conversation, it was unacceptable for me to have used that offensive language ; there is no excuse for it ; and I apologize for having done it.

    – Hulk Hogan

    Taxpayer subsidies to Planned Parenthood's barbaric abortion business should be revoked immediately, and law enforcement and other elected officials must act decisively to determine the full extent of Planned Parenthood's offensive practices and hold them accountable to the law.

    – David Daleiden

    The fact that Attorney General Sessions is going all-in on this really is offensive to a lot of us who have been trying to reform this situation.

    – Jeff Sessions

    If it has become offensive to people, I don't want anything to do with it.

    – Scott Liberman

    For a lot of members, the outrage is personal, and it's not about Catholicism, it's about this relationship with this personal counselor. It's very offensive personally to a lot of members.

    – Gerry Connolly

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