OFFENSIVENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of being offensive

Synonyms:

distastefulness; odiousness; offensiveness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("offensiveness" is a kind of...):

unpleasantness (the quality of giving displeasure)

Attribute:

offensive (unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses)

inoffensive (giving no offense)

offensive (causing anger or annoyance)

inoffensive; unoffending (not causing anger or annoyance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "offensiveness"):

blatancy (the property of being both obvious and offensive)

loathsomeness; lousiness; repulsiveness; sliminess; vileness; wickedness (the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions)

Derivation:

offensive (unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses)

offensive (morally offensive)

offensive (causing anger or annoyance)

offensive (violating or tending to violate or offend against)

offensive (causing or able to cause nausea)