German

Detailed Translations for Offensive from German to English

Offensive:

Offensive [die ~] noun

  1. die Offensive (Angriffe; Angrif; Offensiven)
    the offensives

Translation Matrix for Offensive:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
offensives Angrif; Angriffe; Offensive; Offensiven

Synonyms for "Offensive":


Wiktionary Translations for Offensive:

Offensive
noun
  1. durch Angriff gekennzeichnetes Vorgehen
Offensive
noun
  1. an attack

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
Offensive offensive offensief — een aanvallende actie
Offensive access; attack; hit; admission; admittance; accession; entrance; entry; assault; strike; fit; approach; coming accès — Action, endroit, ou facilité plus ou moins grande d’accéder dans un lieu, physique ou virtuel.
Offensive assault; storming; charge; access; attack; aggression; strike; offensive; fit assautattaque pour emporter de vif force une ville, une place de guerre, une position, etc.
Offensive attack; assault; strike; aggression; offensive; fit attaque — propre|nocat=1 Action d'attaquer



English

Detailed Translations for Offensive from English to German

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
- offence; offense
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
schwer at large extent; big; enormous; great; tall; vast
- dysphemistic; loathsome; nauseating; nauseous; noisome; queasy; sickening; unsavory; unsavoury; vile; violative
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- intolerable
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
abstoßend obnoxious; offensive forbidding; plain; repellant; repellent; repelling; repulsive; revolting; ugly; unappetising; unappetizing; unsavory; unsavoury
aggressiv aggressive; agressive; offensive; violent
angreifend aggressive; offensive assaulting; injurious; violent
anstößig indecent; objectionable; obnoxious; offending; offensive dirty; grubby; unclean; unhygienic
beleidigend injurious; insulting; offending; offensive backbiting; humiliating; injurious; insulting; offending; scandalous; slanderous
brutal agressive; offensive; violent abominable; barbaric; bold; brutal; cruel; gruesome; hard; hard-handed; harsh; heinous; inhuman; inhumane; rough; violent
empörend obnoxious; offensive appalling; crying shame; crying to heaven; disgraceful; disgusting; outrageous; rank; scandalous; shocking
flegelhaft discourteous; ill-mannered; impertinent; impolite; indecent; insolent; loutish; oafish; offensive; rude abstemious; arrogant; audacious; bold; boorish; clumsy; doltish; gawky; ill-bred; ill-mannered; impertinent; impolite; impudent; insolent; not very good; overbearing; owlish; poor; presumptuous; rude; rustic; sanguine; shameless; stiff; uncivilised; uncivilized; uneasy; uneducated; unhandy; unmannerly; wooden
frech discourteous; ill-mannered; impertinent; impolite; indecent; insolent; loutish; oafish; offensive; rude arrogant; bold; cheeky; impolite; impudent; insolent; overbearing; presumptuous; saucy; shameless
gewaltsam aggressive; agressive; offensive; violent bold; fierce; hard; hard-handed; harsh; intense; rough; severe; strong; violent
gewalttätig agressive; offensive; violent bold; hard; hard-handed; harsh; rough; violent
heimtückisch bad; behind one's back; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; scurvy; secretly; vicious; vile bad; banal; below the belt; bogus; coarse; cunning; disloyal; dubious; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; grimy; gross; low; macabre; mean; nasty; not genuine; obscure; pedestrian; perfidious; problematic; questionable; rotten; scary; secretly; shabby; shady; sham; sharp; shifty; shrewd; sinister; slimy; slippery; sly; spooky; stealthily; stingy; suspect; suspicious; traitorous; treacherous; trite; trivial; uncertain; underhand; unmannerly; unreliable; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vicious; vile; vulgar
hinterfotzig bad; behind one's back; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; scurvy; secretly; vicious; vile
hinterhältig bad; behind one's back; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; scurvy; secretly; vicious; vile bad; banal; below the belt; blackguardly; bogus; coarse; cunning; dubious; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; grimy; gross; low; macabre; mean; nasty; not genuine; obscure; pedestrian; problematic; questionable; roguish; rotten; scary; scoundrelly; shabby; shady; sham; sharp; shifty; shrewd; sinister; slick; slimy; slippery; sly; spooky; stingy; suspect; suspicious; trite; trivial; uncertain; underhand; unmannerly; unreliable; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vicious; vile; villainous; vulgar
hinterlistig bad; behind one's back; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; scurvy; secretly; vicious; vile astute; bad; badly; banal; behind someone's back; below the belt; bogus; bright; clever; coarse; covert; crafty; cunning; double-tongued; dubious; evil-minded; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; grimy; gross; ingenious; intelligent; low; macabre; malicious; mean; nasty; not genuine; obscure; ominous; on the sly; pedestrian; problematic; questionable; roguish; rotten; sagacious; scary; secretive; secretly; shabby; shady; sham; sharp; shifty; shrewd; sinister; skilful; skillful; slick; slimy; slippery; sly; smart; sneakily; sneaky; spooky; stealthily; stingy; suspect; suspicious; trite; trivial; uncertain; underhand; unmannerly; unreliable; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vicious; vile; vulgar; wily; wise; with evil intention
kränkend injurious; insulting; offending; offensive
offensiv aggressive; offensive
roh agressive; offensive; violent abominable; barbaric; brutal; cruel; embittered; exasperated; fierce; gruesome; hard; hard-handed; harsh; heinous; improper; inappropriate; indelicat; inhuman; inhumane; out of place; raw; rough; rude; tactless; unboiled; uncalled for; unprocessed; unseemly; unsuitable; violent
rüde agressive; offensive; violent abusive; banal; below the belt; big-boned; coarse; commonplace; crass; embittered; exasperated; fierce; gross; hard; hard-handed; harsh; heavily-built; hefty; nasty; rotten; rough; seedy; shabby; stocky; trite; trivial; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; violent; vulgar
scharf agressive; offensive; violent abominable; acrid; appetising; appetizing; barbaric; biting; bitty; broiling; brusque; brutal; burning; corroding; corrosive; cruel; curt; cutting; dead sharp; fierce; garish; glaring; gruesome; heinous; huge; inhuman; inhumane; nipping; peppered; peppery; piquant; prickly; sarcastic; scalding; seasoned; sharp; sharp-edged; shrill; snappish; snappy; spiced; spicy; staring; stinging; terrible; thorny; tremendous; uncontrolled; well cutting
schmerzend injurious; insulting; offending; offensive
schmerzhaft injurious; insulting; offending; offensive awkward; full of sadness; grievous; pained; painful
schmerzlich injurious; insulting; offending; offensive awkward; full of sadness; grievous; pained; painful; saddened
schroff agressive; offensive; violent abrupt; big-boned; blunt; boorish; curt; garish; glaring; hard; hard-handed; harsh; heavily-built; hefty; ill-bred; rough; rude; short; shrill; snappy; snarling; staring; steep; stocky; uncivilised; uncivilized; uneducated; unmannerly; violent
schwer agressive; offensive; violent aggravating; annoying; awkward; big; big-boned; boring; bothersome; burdensome; burly; considerable; conspicuous; critical; delicate; disagreeable; dreadful; dull; enormous; filling; frequently; galling; great; heavily built; heavily-built; heavy; hefty; huge; inconvenient; irksome; large; many times; massive; notable; often; oppressing; oppressive; perilous; precarious; remarkable; respectable; rich; robust; stocky; striking; sturdy; substantial; tall; terrible; touchy; tremendous; troublesome; unpleasant; unwelcome; vast
stark agressive; offensive; violent big; bold; brave; broad; bulky; burly; cool; courageous; detailed; elaborate; enormous; exhaustive; expansive; extensive; fantastic; fierce; frequently; gigantic; grand; grandiose; heavily built; hefty; heroic; heroical; huge; immense; in detail; inflexible; intense; many times; massive; often; out of proportion; outrageous; powerful; powerfully built; robust; severe; sizeable; stable; steady; stern; stout; strapping; strict; strong; sturdy; super; swell; terrible; tremendous; valiant; vast; very large; vigorous; violent; wide; widespread
stoppelig agressive; offensive; violent bristly; bushy; prickly; sarcastic; stinging; stubbly; thorny; unshaved; unshaven
struppig agressive; offensive; violent bristly; bushy; shaggy; stubbly
störrisch agressive; offensive; violent against the grain; boring; cross-grained; dull; grumpy; headstrong; heady; immovable; inflexible; leathery; mindless; obstinate; persevering; persistent; pig-headed; pigheaded; rebellious; recalcitrant; refractory; rigid; star; stern; stiff-necked; straight-backed; stubborn; stupefied; sullen; surly; tacky; tedious; tenacious; tough; unbending; uncontrollable; ungovernable; unmanageable; unrelenting; unwieldy; unyielding; viscous
stürmisch agressive; offensive; violent ardent; boisterousness; eager; eagre; embittered; enthusiastic; exasperated; fervent; fierce; furious; impassioned; inspired; storming; tempestuous; thunderous; tumultuous; uncontrolled; uninhibited; unrestrained; violent
taktlos discourteous; ill-mannered; impertinent; impolite; indecent; insolent; loutish; oafish; offensive; rude abstemious; amoral; bold; clumsy; doltish; gawky; immodest; immoral; impolite; inconsiderate; indecent; indelicate; indiscreet; not very good; owlish; poor; stiff; tactless; thoughtless; uneasy; unhandy; wooden
unanständig discourteous; ill-mannered; impertinent; impolite; indecent; insolent; loutish; oafish; offensive; rude amoral; bad mannered; bald; bold; cunning; disgraceful; icy; immoral; impertinent; impolite; improper; inappropriate; indecent; indecorous; indelicat; lack of moral; obscene; out of place; outrageous; rude; scandalous; shameful; sleek; slippery; slithery; smooth; smoothly; tactless; uncalled for; unseemly; unsuitable
unartig discourteous; ill-mannered; impertinent; impolite; indecent; insolent; loutish; oafish; offensive; rude bold; impolite
ungeschliffen discourteous; ill-mannered; impertinent; impolite; indecent; insolent; loutish; oafish; offensive; rude arrogant; awkward; big-boned; boorish; clumsy; coarse; commonplace; fumbling; gross; heavily-built; hefty; ill-bred; impolite; impudent; insolent; overbearing; presumptuous; rude; rustic; seedy; shameless; stocky; uncivilised; uncivilized; uneducated; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vulgar
ungestüm agressive; offensive; violent angry; ardent; boisterousness; enraged; fervent; fierce; furious; heated; hot-blooded; hot-tempered; intense; irate; livid; passionate; seething; temperamental; temperamentful; tempestuous; tumultuous; turbulent; uncontrolled; violent
ungezogen discourteous; ill-mannered; impertinent; impolite; indecent; insolent; loutish; oafish; offensive; rude bad mannered; bold; disgraceful; impertinent; improper; inappropriate; indecent; indelicat; indelicate; out of place; outrageous; rude; scandalous; shameful; tactless; uncalled for; unfeeling; unseemly; unsuitable
unhöflich discourteous; ill-mannered; impertinent; impolite; indecent; insolent; loutish; oafish; offensive; rude bold; boorish; ill-bred; impolite; rude; uncivil; uncivilised; uncivilized; uneducated; unfriendly; unkind; unmannerly; unpleasant

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. an attack
adjective
  1. team sports: having to do with play directed at scoring
  2. causing offense
offensive
  1. fremdsprachlich: angriffslustig, den Angriff vorziehend/liebend
adjective
  1. -
noun
  1. durch Angriff gekennzeichnetes Vorgehen

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
offensive Offensive offensief — een aanvallende actie
offensive Anfall; Angriff; Offensive assautattaque pour emporter de vif force une ville, une place de guerre, une position, etc.
offensive Anfall; Angriff; Offensive attaque — propre|nocat=1 Action d'attaquer

Related Translations for Offensive