offensive
EJDict
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日本語WordNet
the action of attacking an enemy
for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons"
unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
JMdict
AIによる解説
Causing displeasure or resentment; relating to attack; an attacking military operation.
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Some people might find that offensive hedges criticism through quantifier and modal, suggesting speaker's own objection while attributing sensitivity elsewhere.
「一部の人々はそれを不快に思うかもしれない」は、量化子と法助動詞を通じて批判をヘッジし、感受性を他所に帰しながら話者自身の異議を示唆している。
This offensive term appears in some old literature but is completely unacceptable today.
この不快な語は古い文献に登場しますが、今日では完全に容認されません。
The term Mohammedanism is considered offensive.
マホメット教という用語は失礼とされています。
Pronunciation data from ipa-dict (MIT License) based on cmudict-ipa by @lingz