English-Italian translations for offensive

• offensiva
  La Banca centrale europea sembra aver di nuovo aperto l'offensiva. The ECB seems to have taken up the offensive on this again.
  Spesso ci muoviamo meglio nella difensiva che nell'offensiva. We often do better on the defensive than on the offensive.
  Il Presidente georgiano Saakashvili ha ordinato un'offensiva militare. Georgian President Saakashvili ordered a military offensive.
• offensivo
  Questo documento è altresì offensivo in quanto non parla del cristianesimo. This document is also offensive in that it fails to mention Christianity.
  Tutto il suo intervento è offensivo per me personalmente, per il mio partito e per la Polonia. His entire speech is offensive to myself personally, to my party and to Poland.
  Ciò è profondamente offensivo e contrasta con la tradizione europea di alleanza e rispetto reciproco. This is deeply offensive and is contrary to the European Union's traditions of partnership and mutual respect.

Definition of offensive

• Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, or hatred
• Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive
• Having to do with play directed at scoring
• An attack
• The posture of attacking or being able to attack

Examples

• Some people find pornography offensive
• An offensive smell
• The armys offensive capabilities. An offensive weapon
• The offensive coordinator is responsible for ordering all rushing plays
• The Marines today launched a major offensive.
• He took the offensive in the press, accusing his opponent of corruption.

Related words

• counteroffensive
• inoffensive
• offensively
• offensiveness
• inoffensiveness
• counter-offensive
• offensive foul
• offensive tackle
• offensive zone