an inoffensive animal, an inoffensive odor or taste, a mild, inoffensive man. “Please try to be quieter” is an inoffensive way of telling people to stop their noise.
SYNONYM(S): innocuous, unobjectionable.Useful english dictionary. 2012.
in|of|fen|sive — «IHN uh FEHN sihv», adjective. not offensive; not arousing objections; harmless: »an inoffensive animal, an inoffensive odor or taste, a mild, inoffensive man. “Please try to be quieter” is an inoffensive way of telling people to stop their noise … Useful english dictionary
self-de|fen|sive — «SEHLF dih FEHN sihv», adjective. tending to defend oneself; of the nature of self defense … Useful english dictionary
un|of|fen|sive — «UHN uh FEHN sihveh», adjective. = inoffensive. (Cf. ↑inoffensive) … Useful english dictionary
in´of|fen´sive|ness — in|of|fen|sive «IHN uh FEHN sihv», adjective. not offensive; not arousing objections; harmless: »an inoffensive animal, an inoffensive odor or taste, a mild, inoffensive man. “Please try to be quieter” is an inoffensive way of telling people to… … Useful english dictionary
of|fen´sive|ness — of|fen|sive «uh FEHN sihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. giving offense; irritating; annoying; insulting: »“Shut up” is an offensive remark. 2. unpleasant; disagreeable; disgusting: »Bad eggs have an offensive odor … Useful english dictionary
of|fen´sive|ly — of|fen|sive «uh FEHN sihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. giving offense; irritating; annoying; insulting: »“Shut up” is an offensive remark. 2. unpleasant; disagreeable; disgusting: »Bad eggs have an offensive odor … Useful english dictionary
of|fen|sive — «uh FEHN sihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. giving offense; irritating; annoying; insulting: »“Shut up” is an offensive remark. 2. unpleasant; disagreeable; disgusting: »Bad eggs have an offensive odor … Useful english dictionary
coun|ter|of|fen|sive — «KOWN tuhr uh FEHN sihv», noun. an aggressive attack by a defending force against an attacking force … Useful english dictionary
in·of·fen·sive — … Useful english dictionary
sive — ab·es·sive; abu·sive; ad·es·sive; ad·he·sive·me·ter; ad·he·sive·ness; ad·mis·sive; ad·ver·sive; ag·gres·sive·ness; Air·bra·sive; al·lu·sive; ap·pre·hen·sive; as·cen·sive; cen·sive; cic·a·tri·sive; co·he·sive; col·lu·sive; com·pas·sive;… … English syllables
