Extreme and Offensive

Extreme

Extreme adjective - Most distant from a center.

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

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

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

Nearby Words: offend, offence, offensively

serious	serious extreme	serious offensive
new	new extreme	new offensive
major	major extreme	major offensive
final	final extreme	final offensive
Other adjectives: overwhelming, greatest.

Peter Griffin of Family Guy has done this to varying degrees more than once, though usually to a more extreme and offensive end.

Source: Cultural Personality Makeover
Horrible becomes a straight-up villain and Hammer remains his extreme and offensive but well-meaning self.

Source: Betty and Veronica Switch
We later learn that the Ferengi, being an extreme patriarchy, find the idea of women wearing clothing to be offensive, so this could be an either/or example.

Source: Shameful Strip

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