Offensive
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

VILE
Morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

UGLY
Morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

RUDE
Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"

FOUL
An act that violates the rules of a sport

RANK
The body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"

5 letters

NASTY
Characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"

6 letters

ODIOUS
Unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke

ATTACK
An offensive move in a sport or game; "they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning"

QUEASY
Feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

7 letters

ABUSIVE
Characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment; "abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive"

OBSCENE
Designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead

NOISOME
Offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

FULSOME
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments"

OFFENCE
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

OFFENSE
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

8 letters

UNSAVORY
Morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"

INDECENT
Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"

NAUSEOUS
Feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

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SICKENING
Causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"

REPUGNANT
Offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"

INSULTING
Expressing extreme contempt

UNSAVOURY
Morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"

LOATHSOME
Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

VIOLATIVE
Violating or tending to violate or offend against; "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity"

OBNOXIOUS
Causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"

10 letters

DISGUSTFUL
Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

NAUSEATING
Causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"

ABOMINABLE
Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

OUTRAGEOUS
Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

12 letters

DYSPHEMISTIC
Substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one ; "`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'"

13 letters

OBJECTIONABLE
Liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to; "a thoroughly unpleasant highly exceptionable piece of writing"; "found the politician's views objectionable"