possible profanity
noun
adjective
- Violating or tending to violate or offend against.
- usage: "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity"
- synonyms: violative
- For the purpose of attack rather than defense.
- usage: "offensive weapons"
- Causing anger or annoyance.
- usage: "offensive remarks"
- Morally offensive.
- usage: "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"
- Unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses.
- usage: "offensive odors"
- Substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one .
- usage: "`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'"
- synonyms: dysphemistic
- Causing or able to cause nausea.
- usage: "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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