adj.
1.violating or tending to violate or offend against
2.for the purpose of attack rather than defense
3.causing anger or annoyance
4.morally offensive
5.unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
6.of an offensive substitute for inoffensive terminology
7.causing or able to cause nausea offensive n.
1.the action of attacking an enemy
Idiom of the Day
stop in one's tracks
to stop very quickly or with great force
The horse was forced to stop in its tracks at the electric fence.