offensive: Meaning and Definition of

of•fen•sive

1. causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
2. unpleasant or disagreeable to the sense: an offensive odor.
3. repugnant to the moral sense, good taste, or the like; insulting: an offensive remark; an offensive joke.
4. pertaining to offense or attack: the offensive movements of their troops.
5. characterized by attack; aggressive: offensive warfare.

1. the position or attitude of aggression or attack: to take the offensive.
2. an aggressive movement or attack: a carefully planned naval offensive.