- Aggressive position, said of fence if annoying - Four in breach of law in America - the disagreeable type - Highly annoying - Military assault - Sickening - Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment;
displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words. - Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable;
revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds.
- A name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant
smell, as that of the Foetidia Mauritiana of the Mauritius, and that of
the South African Ocotea bullata.