Contrary and Offensive

Contrary

Contrary adjective - Being as different as possible.

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Offensive and contrary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Offensive" instead an adjective "Contrary".

Offensive adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.

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Contrary and offensive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contrary" instead an adjective "Offensive".

Nearby Words: offend, offence, offensively

high	high contrary	high offensive
little	little contrary	little offensive

So much that he plastered anti-gaming messages in place of the games' billboards and signages, and restricts users of his game modding tools from utilizing his programs for authoring content he deems as offensive or contrary to his ideologies.

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O'Dowd actually blasted the cover, and said that the choice to highlight the Token White Male of the cast ahead of the actual stars was offensive and contrary to the film's message.

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Japanese does, contrary to popular belief, have "official" swear words, that is, words that in their basic, non-mangled forms are inherently offensive.

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