Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with offensive in American Collocation
offensive
adjective
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
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- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/əˈfensɪv/
very
deeply
downright
extremely
grossly
highly
very
That suggestion was not only deeply offensive, but also wrong.
in a way that seems unnecessary
gratuitously
He condemned the gratuitously offensive and indeed racist remarks.
in a particular way
morally
racially
I find your views morally offensive and totally reprehensible.
likely to be offensive
potentially
Filtering can also protect you from potentially offensive material which may be contained within spam emails.
writing or remarks
comment
content
graffiti
joke
language
material
message
remark
word
Employees who use company email to share offensive jokes or obscene images with friends will be dealt with severely.
behaviour
behaviour
gesture
manner
Avoid insulting or offensive behaviour – this includes swearing and insulting others.
be
be deemed
consider something
find something
seem
Many of the pictures could be deemed offensive.
It is his hypocrisy which I find offensive.
abusive
defamatory
illegal
inappropriate
indecent
insulting
obscene
pornographic
threatening
Please don’t make offensive or defamatory posts on our forum.