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Detailed Translations for offensive from English to French

offensive:

offensive adj

  1. offensive (aggressive)
  2. offensive (ill-mannered; impolite; rude; )
  3. offensive (violent; agressive)
  4. offensive (offending; objectionable; indecent)
  5. offensive (offending; insulting; injurious)
  6. offensive (behind one's back; vicious; vile; )
  7. offensive (obnoxious)

Translation Matrix for offensive:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
clandestin person in hiding
faux adulteration; counterfeit; fake; forgery; forging; scythe; wrong
fin cease; concluding observations; concluding piece; concluding remarks; conclusion; end; ending; far end; final; final end; final piece; finale; finish; finishing line; finishing point; in conclusion; knock off; quitting; stopping; termination; terminus; tip
fort castle; château; citadel; fort; fortification; fortified building; fortress; knight's castle; stronghold
fourbe sneaks
hypocrite dissembler; equivocator; fly boy; hypocrite; sham; shifty character; slick customer; smooth operator; sneak
mordant bitingness; bityness; sharpness
rusé cleverness; cunning; intelligence; sagacity; shrewdness; slick operator; slyboots; slyness
sauvage boor; brute; primitive; rude fellow; savage
sournois fly boy; shifty character; slick customer; smooth operator; sneak; sneaks
traître betrayer; collaborator; quisling; squeaker; squealer; traitor; traitor to one's country; traitress; villain
- offence; offense
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- dysphemistic; loathsome; nauseating; nauseous; noisome; queasy; sickening; unsavory; unsavoury; vile; violative
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- intolerable
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acerbe injurious; insulting; offending; offensive acrid; angry; bitter; blazing; brusque; catty; curt; cutting; derisive; dour; fiery; furious; glaring; indignant; nipping; querulous; razor-sharp; scornful; sharp; snappish; snappy; sneering; virulent
agressif aggressive; agressive; offensive; violent argumentative; assertive; cocky; embittered; exasperated; fierce; grim; quarrelsome; snappish; sullen; waspish
agressivement aggressive; agressive; offensive; violent assertive
aigu injurious; insulting; offending; offensive acute; burdensome; cutting; dire; galling; grinding; heavy; intense; irksome; keen; massive; nipping; penetrating; piercing; pointed; rasping; sharp; sharp-edged; shrill; snappy; vehement; violent
avec netteté injurious; insulting; offending; offensive
avec perspicacité injurious; insulting; offending; offensive
avec virulence injurious; insulting; offending; offensive cutting; malicious; nipping; snappy; venomous; vicious; virulent; vitriolic
bien affilé injurious; insulting; offending; offensive
brutal agressive; offensive; violent abominable; barbaric; beastly; bestial; brutal; cruel; gruesome; hard; hard-handed; harsh; heinous; inhuman; inhumane; rough; violent
brutalement agressive; offensive; violent abominable; audacious; barbaric; brutal; cruel; gruesome; hard; hard-handed; harsh; heinous; ill-mannered; impertinent; inhuman; inhumane; pityless; rough; ruthless; sanguine; violent
choquant indecent; objectionable; obnoxious; offending; offensive abrupt; all at once; all of a sudden; at once; blunt; brusque; distasteful; fast; improper; inappropriate; indelicat; nasty; nauseous; out of place; out of the blue; quick; rapid; rude; shocking; sick; sickly; speedy; sudden; suddenly; swift; tactless; uncalled for; unexpectedly; unpalatable; unsavory; unsavoury; unseemly; unsuitable
clandestin bad; behind one's back; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; scurvy; secretly; vicious; vile behind someone's back; clandestine; concealed; covert; covertly; disguised; furtive; illegal; illegitimate; illicit; in disguise; in secret; malicious; mean; nasty; on the quiet; on the sly; quietly; secret; secretive; secretly; silently; sneakily; sneaking; sneaky; softly; stealthily; stealthy; subterranean; surreptitiously; underground; underhand; undisclosed; unnoticed; unobserved; unperceived; unseen; veiled
clandestinement bad; behind one's back; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; scurvy; secretly; vicious; vile behind someone's back; clandestine; concealed; covert; disguised; furtive; illegal; illegitimate; illicit; in disguise; malicious; mean; nasty; on the sly; privately; secret; secretive; secretly; sneakily; sneaking; sneaky; stealthily; stealthy; subterranean; underground; underhand; undisclosed; unseen; veiled
corrosif injurious; insulting; offending; offensive biting; corroding; corrosive
dissimulé bad; behind one's back; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; scurvy; secretly; vicious; vile behind someone's back; covert; feigned; hypocritical; insincere; malicious; mean; nasty; on the sly; pretencious; sanctimonious; secretive; secretly; sneakily; sneaky; stealthily; underhand
distinctement injurious; insulting; offending; offensive
en cachette bad; behind one's back; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; scurvy; secretly; vicious; vile behind someone's back; clandestine; concealed; covert; disguised; in disguise; malicious; mean; nasty; on the sly; privately; secret; secretive; secretly; sneakily; sneaky; stealthily; stealthy; subterranean; underground; underhand; undisclosed; unseen; veiled
en secret bad; behind one's back; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; scurvy; secretly; vicious; vile behind someone's back; covert; covertly; furtive; in secret; malicious; mean; nasty; on the sly; secretive; secretly; sneakily; sneaky; stealthily; underhand
en traître bad; behind one's back; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; scurvy; secretly; vicious; vile disloyal; perfidious; traitorous; treacherous; underhand
faux bad; behind one's back; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; scurvy; secretly; vicious; vile amiss; artificial; bad; badly; bogus; changeling; deceitful; deceptive; disharmonic; enforced; evil-minded; faked; false; faulty; feigned; fictitious; forced; hypocritical; inaccurate; incorrect; inharmonious; insincere; low; lying; malicious; mean; mendacious; misleading; not genuine; off; off target; phoney; pretencious; sanctimonious; sham; stingy; strained; supposititious; unacceptable; unnatural; unsatisfactory; untrue; untruthful; vicious; with evil intention; wrong; wrongly
fin injurious; insulting; offending; offensive acute; astute; biting; bright; clever; cunning; cutting; dainty; delicate; easily hurt; elegant; fine; graceful; handsome; keen; lightly built; lovely; nice; nipping; oversensitive; perky; personable; petite; precarious; pretty; refined; resourceful; roguish; sensitive; sharp; sharp-minded; sharpwitted; shrewd; slender; slick; slight; sly; small-boned; smart; snap; snappy; sophisticated; stylish; subtle; susceptible; tender; thin; wily
fort injurious; insulting; offending; offensive aloud; at the top of one's voice; blatant; boisterous; burly; clamorous; considerable; considerably; eccentric; energetic; enormous; exceptional; extraordinary; extremely; fatty; fierce; firm; forceful; formidable; full of energy; generously; greasy; greatly; heavy; hefty; highly; immense; intense; lively; loud; loudly; lustily; massive; mighty; muscular; noisy; obese; openly; out loud; particular; powerful; powerfully built; robust; severe; showy; sizable; solid; special; spiced; spicy; spirited; stable; standing-on; staunch; stiff; stout; strong; sturdy; substantial; tough; tremendous; ultra; vehement; vigorous; violent; well built; wondrous
fourbe bad; behind one's back; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; scurvy; secretly; vicious; vile blackguardly; roguish; scoundrelly; villainous
félon bad; behind one's back; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; scurvy; secretly; vicious; vile blackguardly; roguish; scoundrelly; villainous
grossier discourteous; ill-mannered; impertinent; impolite; indecent; insolent; loutish; oafish; objectionable; offending; offensive; rude abusive; amoral; arrogant; audacious; bad mannered; bald; banal; below the belt; boorish; churlish; coarse; commonplace; crass; crude; cunning; disgraceful; gross; icy; ill-bred; ill-mannered; immoral; impertinent; impolite; improper; impudent; inappropriate; indecent; indelicat; indelicate; indiscrete; insolent; lack of moral; nasty; obscene; out of place; outrageous; overbearing; plump; presumptuous; racial; rotten; rude; rustic; sanguine; scandalous; seedy; shabby; shameful; shameless; sleek; slippery; slithery; smooth; smoothly; surly; tactless; trite; trivial; uncalled for; uncivilised; uncivilized; uneducated; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; unseemly; unsuitable; vapid; vulgar
grossière discourteous; ill-mannered; impertinent; impolite; indecent; insolent; loutish; oafish; offensive; rude banal; below the belt; coarse; commonplace; gross; impolite; nasty; plump; rotten; seedy; shabby; trite; trivial; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vulgar
grossièrement discourteous; ill-mannered; impertinent; impolite; indecent; insolent; loutish; oafish; offensive; rude about; approximately; around; arrogant; banal; below the belt; coarse; commonplace; globular; gross; impolite; impudent; insolent; nasty; overbearing; plump; presumptuous; rotten; roughly; round; seedy; shabby; shameless; something like; trite; trivial; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vulgar
honteux indecent; objectionable; offending; offensive appalling; belittling; crying shame; crying to heaven; derisive; disgraceful; disparaging; humiliating; infamous; outrageous; rank; scandalous; scornful; shameful; shocking; sinful; sneering
hypocrite bad; behind one's back; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; scurvy; secretly; vicious; vile cunning; false; feigned; hypocritical; insincere; low; mean; nasty; pretencious; sanctimonious; secretly; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; stealthily; underhand; vicious; vile
impoli discourteous; ill-mannered; impertinent; impolite; indecent; insolent; loutish; oafish; offensive; rude boorish; ill-bred; impolite; plump; rude; uncivil; uncivilised; uncivilized; uneducated; unfriendly; unkind; unmannerly; unpleasant
impolie discourteous; ill-mannered; impertinent; impolite; indecent; insolent; loutish; oafish; offensive; rude
indécent indecent; objectionable; offending; offensive amoral; bad mannered; bald; cunning; disgraceful; dishonorable; dishonourable; icy; ignominious; immodest; immoral; impertinent; impolite; improper; inappropriate; inconsiderate; indecent; indelicat; indelicate; indiscreet; lack of moral; obscene; out of place; outrageous; rude; scandalous; shameful; sleek; slippery; slithery; smooth; smoothly; tactless; thoughtless; uncalled for; unfeeling; unseemly

Related Words for "offensive":

  • inoffensive, offensiveness, offensively

Synonyms for "offensive":


Antonyms for "offensive":

  • defensive; inoffensive; savory; euphemistic

Related Definitions for "offensive":

  1. substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one 1
  2. unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses1
    • offensive odors1
  3. morally offensive1
  4. causing anger or annoyance1
    • offensive remarks1
  5. for the purpose of attack rather than defense1
    • offensive weapons1
  6. violating or tending to violate or offend against1
    • considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity1
  7. causing or able to cause nausea1
  8. the action of attacking an enemy1

Wiktionary Translations for offensive:

offensive
noun
  1. posture of attack
  2. an attack
adjective
  1. team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
  2. causing offense
offensive
noun
  1. attaque pour emporter de vif force une ville, une place de guerre, une position, etc.
  2. propre|nocat=1 Action d'attaquer
adjective
  1. Qui offense, qui est injurieux.
  2. Qui attaque, qui sert à attaquer.

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
offensive offensive offensief — een aanvallende actie
offensive offensive Offensive — durch Angriff gekennzeichnetes Vorgehen
offensive agressif; offensif offensivfremdsprachlich: angriffslustig, den Angriff vorziehend/liebend

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