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
not (someone's) cup of tea
to be not something that one likes
Classical music is not my friend's cup of tea so she did not go the the concert with the others.