offensive: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 18 letter points · starts with O · ends with E
Meaning of offensive
adj
Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation.
Example: Some people find pornography offensive.
- broadly
Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation. Socially disrespectful; insensitive.
Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive.
Example: The army's offensive capabilities. An offensive weapon.
Having to do with play directed at scoring.
Example: The offensive coordinator is responsible for ordering all rushing plays.
Listed forms: offencive.
Source: Wiktionary — offensive.
noun
- countable
An attack.
Example: The Marines today launched a major offensive.
- uncountable
The posture of attacking or being able to attack.
Example: He took the offensive in the press, accusing his opponent of corruption.
Listed forms: offensives, offencive.
Source: Wiktionary — offensive.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for offensive.
adjective
violating or tending to violate or offend against
adjective
morally offensive
adjective
causing or able to cause nausea
noun
the action of attacking an enemy
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is offensive in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of offensive
O(1) + F(4) + F(4) + E(1) + N(1) + S(1) + I(1) + V(4) + E(1) = 18 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of offensive
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from offensive
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