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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 of·fen·sive /əˈfɛn(t)sɪv, ||ˈɑˌfɛn(t), ˈɔ-/
 (a.)令人不快的,侮辱的,攻擊用的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Of·fen·sive a.
 1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.
 2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds. “Offensive to the stomach.”
 3. Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive; as, an offensive war; offensive weapons.
 League offensive and defensive, a leaque that requires all the parties to it to make war together against any foe, and to defend one another if attacked.
 Syn: -- Displeasing; disagreeable; distasteful; obnoxious; abhorrent; disgusting; impertinent; rude; saucy; reproachful; opprobrious; insulting; insolent; abusive; scurrilous; assailant; attacking; invading.
 -- Of*fen*sive*ly, adv. -- Of*fen*sive*ness, n.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Of·fen·sive n. The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; -- opposed to defensive.
 To take the offensive, To act on the offensive, To go on the offensive, to be the attacking party; to initiate hostilities.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 offensive
      adj 1: violating or tending to violate or offend against;
             "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered
             such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity"
             [syn: violative]
      2: for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive
         weapons" [ant: defensive]
      3: causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks" [ant: inoffensive]
      4: morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory
         scandal" [syn: unsavory, unsavoury] [ant: savory]
      5: unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses;
         "offensive odors" [ant: inoffensive]
      6: of an offensive substitute for inoffensive terminology;
         "`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'"
         [syn: dysphemistic] [ant: euphemistic]
      7: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell";
         "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: nauseating,
          nauseous, noisome, loathsome, sickening, vile]
      n : the action of attacking an enemy [syn: offense, offence]