offensive

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From Middle French offensif, from offendre + -if by analogy with défensif. Offendre is from Latin offendere (“to offend”); see offend.

216 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: վիրավորական (viravorakan) — causing offense
• Asturian: ofensible — causing offense
• Azerbaijani: təhqiramiz — causing offense
• Azerbaijani: təhqiredici — causing offense
• Azerbaijani: incidici — causing offense
• Azerbaijani: alçaldıcı — causing offense
• Belarusian: абра́злівы (abrázlivy) — causing offense
• Bulgarian: оскърби́телен (oskǎrbítelen) — causing offense
• Bulgarian: оби́ден (obíden) — causing offense
• Catalan: ofensiu — causing offense
• Chinese Mandarin: 有攻擊性 /有攻击性 (yǒugōngjīxìng) — causing offense
• Chinese Mandarin: 冒犯的 (màofàn de) — causing offense
• Czech: urážlivý — causing offense
• Danish: stødende — causing offense
• Danish: anstødelig — causing offense
• Dutch: beledigend — causing offense
• Dutch: weerzinwekkend — causing offense
• Dutch: walgelijk — causing offense
• Esperanto: ofenda — causing offense
• Finnish: hyökkäävä — causing offense
• Finnish: päällekäyvä — causing offense
• Finnish: loukkaava (hurtful) — causing offense
• French: offensant — causing offense
• Galician: ofensivo — causing offense
• German: beleidigend — causing offense
• Greek: προσβλητικός (prosvlitikós) — causing offense
• Hindi: अपकारी (apkārī) — causing offense
• Hungarian: sértő — causing offense
• Hungarian: bántó — causing offense
• Hungarian: goromba — causing offense
• Hungarian: durva — causing offense
• Ido: ofensanta — causing offense
• Ido: ofensiva — causing offense
• Ido: ofensema — causing offense
• Ido: desagreabla — causing offense
• Indonesian: menyinggung — causing offense
• Indonesian: tidak sopan — causing offense
• Japanese: 攻撃的な (kōgekiteki na) — causing offense
• Japanese: 気に障る (ki ni sawaru) — causing offense
• Japanese: 侮辱的な (bujokuteki na) — causing offense
• Latin: taeter — causing offense
• Latin: offensus — causing offense
• Latin: repudiōsus — causing offense
• Macedonian: навредлив (navredliv) — causing offense
• Māori: weriweri — causing offense
• Māori: hākiki — causing offense
• Māori: mataharehare — causing offense
• Māori: koeo — causing offense
• Māori: pūraurau — causing offense
• Māori: taratara — causing offense
• Māori: harehare — causing offense
• Māori: penopeno — causing offense
• Māori: mōrihariha — causing offense
• Māori: mōrikarika — causing offense
• Occitan: ofensant — causing offense
• Plautdietsch: prost — causing offense
• Polish: obraźliwy — causing offense
• Portuguese: ofensivo — causing offense
• Romanian: ofensant — causing offense
• Russian: оскорби́тельный (oskorbítelʹnyj) — causing offense
• Russian: оби́дный (obídnyj) — causing offense
• Scottish Gaelic: oilbheumach — causing offense
• Serbo-Croatian: уврѐдљив — causing offense
• Serbo-Croatian: uvrèdljiv — causing offense
• Spanish: ofensivo — causing offense
• Swedish: stötande — causing offense
• Swedish: anstötlig — causing offense
• Tagalog: nakasasakit — causing offense
• Tagalog: opensibo — causing offense
• Ukrainian: обра́зливий (obrázlyvyj) — causing offense
• Vietnamese: xúc phạm — causing offense
• Vietnamese: sỉ nhục — causing offense
• Belarusian: наступа́льны (nastupálʹny) — relating to attack, offense
• Bulgarian: нападателен (napadatelen) — relating to attack, offense
• Danish: offensiv — relating to attack, offense
• Dutch: offensief — relating to attack, offense
• Esperanto: ofensiva — relating to attack, offense
• French: offensif — relating to attack, offense
• Galician: ofensivo — relating to attack, offense
• Greek: επιθετικός (epithetikós) — relating to attack, offense
• Hindi: अपकारी (apkārī) — relating to attack, offense
• Hungarian: támadó — relating to attack, offense
• Norwegian Bokmål: offensiv — relating to attack, offense
• Norwegian Nynorsk: offensiv — relating to attack, offense
• Occitan: ofensiu — relating to attack, offense
• Polish: ofensywny — relating to attack, offense
• Portuguese: ofensivo — relating to attack, offense
• Russian: наступа́тельный (nastupátelʹnyj) — relating to attack, offense
• Spanish: ofensiva — relating to attack, offense
• Swedish: offensiv — relating to attack, offense
• Ukrainian: наступа́льний (nastupálʹnyj) — relating to attack, offense
• Yiddish: אָפֿענסיוו (ofensiv) — relating to attack, offense
• Bulgarian: нападателен (napadatelen) — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• Chinese Mandarin: 進攻性的 /进攻性的 (jìngōngxìng de) — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• Danish: offensiv — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• Dutch: aanvallend — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• Dutch: offensief — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• Finnish: hyökkäävä — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• Finnish: hyökkäys- — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• French: offensif — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• Galician: ofensivo — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• German: offensiv — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• Greek: επιθετικός (epithetikós) — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• Italian: offensivo — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• Japanese: 攻撃側の (kōgekigawa no) — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• Norwegian Bokmål: offensiv — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• Norwegian Nynorsk: offensiv — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• Occitan: ofensiu — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• Portuguese: ofensivo — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• Russian: наступа́тельный (nastupátelʹnyj) — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• Spanish: ofensivo — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• Swedish: offensiv — team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
• Afrikaans: offensief — an attack
• Albanian: ofensivë — an attack
• Albanian: sulm — an attack
• Arabic: هُجُوم (hujūm) — an attack
• Arabic: حَمْلَة (ḥamla) — an attack
• Arabic: هَجْمَة (hajma) — an attack
• Armenian: գրոհ (groh) — an attack
• Armenian: հարձակում (harjakum) — an attack
• Azerbaijani: hücum — an attack
• Azerbaijani: həmlə — an attack
• Bashkir: һөжүм (höjüm) — an attack
• Belarusian: на́ступ (nástup) — an attack
• Belarusian: ата́ка (atáka) — an attack
• Bulgarian: ата́ка (atáka) — an attack
• Bulgarian: настъпле́ние (nastǎplénie) — an attack
• Chinese Mandarin: 進攻 /进攻 (jìngōng) — an attack
• Chinese Mandarin: 攻勢 /攻势 (gōngshì) — an attack
• Czech: ofenzíva — an attack
• Czech: útok — an attack
• Czech: napadení — an attack
• Danish: offensiv — an attack
• Dutch: offensief — an attack
• Dutch: aanval — an attack
• Dutch: inval — an attack
• Esperanto: ofensivo — an attack
• Estonian: pealetung — an attack
• Estonian: ofensiiv — an attack
• Finnish: hyökkäys — an attack
• Finnish: offensiivi — an attack
• French: offensive — an attack
• Georgian: შეტევა (šeṭeva) — an attack
• Georgian: იერიში (ieriši) — an attack
• German: Offensive — an attack
• German: Angriff — an attack
• Hebrew: הַתְקָפָה (hatkafá) — an attack
• Hindi: हमला (hamlā) — an attack
• Hindi: आक्रमण (ākramaṇ) — an attack
• Hungarian: támadás — an attack
• Hungarian: offenzíva — an attack
• Igbo: offensive — an attack
• Japanese: 攻撃 (kōgeki) — an attack
• Japanese: 攻勢 (kōsei) — an attack
• Kazakh: шабуыл (şabuyl) — an attack
• Korean: 공격 (gonggyeok) — an attack
• Korean: 공세 (gongse) — an attack
• Kyrgyz: чабуул (cabuul) — an attack
• Latvian: ofensīva — an attack
• Latvian: uzbrukums — an attack
• Lithuanian: ofenzyva — an attack
• Lithuanian: puolimas — an attack
• Macedonian: офанзи́ва (ofanzíva) — an attack
• Macedonian: напад (napad) — an attack
• Malay: ofensif — an attack
• Malayalam: ആക്രമണം (ākramaṇaṁ) — an attack
• Mongolian: дайралт (dajralt) — an attack
• Norwegian Bokmål: offensiv — an attack
• Norwegian Nynorsk: offensiv — an attack
• Occitan: ofensiva — an attack
• Pashto: حمله (hamla) — an attack
• Pashto: هجوم (hojum) — an attack
• Persian: هجوم (hojum) — an attack
• Persian: حمله (hamle) — an attack
• Polish: ofensywa — an attack
• Polish: atak — an attack
• Portuguese: ofensiva — an attack
• Romanian: ofensivă — an attack
• Romanian: atac — an attack
• Russian: наступле́ние (nastuplénije) — an attack
• Russian: ата́ка (atáka) — an attack
• Serbo-Croatian: офензи́ва — an attack
• Serbo-Croatian: офанзи́ва — an attack
• Serbo-Croatian: на́пад — an attack
• Serbo-Croatian: ofenzíva — an attack
• Serbo-Croatian: ofanzíva — an attack
• Serbo-Croatian: nápad — an attack
• Slovak: ofenzíva — an attack
• Slovak: útok — an attack
• Slovak: napadnutie — an attack
• Slovene: ofenziva — an attack
• Slovene: napad — an attack
• Spanish: ofensiva — an attack
• Swedish: offensiv — an attack
• Tajik: ҳуҷум (hujum) — an attack
• Tajik: ҳамла (hamla) — an attack
• Tatar: һөҗүм (höcüm) — an attack
• Thai: การโจมตี (gaan-joom-dtii) — an attack
• Turkish: saldırı — an attack
• Turkish: hücum — an attack
• Turkish: hamle — an attack
• Turkmen: hüjüm — an attack
• Ukrainian: на́ступ (nástup) — an attack
• Ukrainian: ата́ка (atáka) — an attack
• Ukrainian: офензи́ва (ofenzýva) — an attack
• Urdu: حملہ (hamlā) — an attack
• Uyghur: ھۇجۇم (hujum) — an attack
• Uzbek: hujum — an attack
• Uzbek: hamla — an attack
• Vietnamese: sự tấn công — an attack
• Finnish: hyökkäyskannalla — posture of attack
• French: offensive — posture of attack
• Italian: offensiva — posture of attack
• Occitan: ofensiva — posture of attack
• Portuguese: ofensiva — posture of attack
• Romanian: ofensivă — posture of attack