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OFFENSIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being offensive
Synonyms:
distastefulness; odiousness; offensiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("offensiveness" is a kind of...):
unpleasantness (the quality of giving displeasure)
Attribute:
offensive (unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses)
inoffensive (giving no offense)
offensive (causing anger or annoyance)
inoffensive; unoffending (not causing anger or annoyance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "offensiveness"):
blatancy (the property of being both obvious and offensive)
loathsomeness; lousiness; repulsiveness; sliminess; vileness; wickedness (the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions)
hatefulness; objectionableness; obnoxiousness (the quality of being hateful)
Derivation:
offensive (unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses)
offensive (morally offensive)
offensive (causing anger or annoyance)
offensive (violating or tending to violate or offend against)
offensive (causing or able to cause nausea)
