Offensive and Plain

Offensive

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

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

Nearby Words: offend, offence, offensively

Plain adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.

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Offensive and plain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Offensive" instead an adjective "Plain".

Nearby Words: plainly, plainness, plaint

single	single offensive	single plain
entire	entire offensive	entire plain
large	large offensive	large plain
big	big offensive	big plain
Other adjectives: huge, little, bad, last, largest.

His initial appearance was rather plain with just a mohawk and plain pants, but his 2013 redesign did him far more justice without being as hilariously offensive.

Source: Braids, Beads and Buckskins
Decca Records found it so offensive at the time that they refused to use it, substituting a plain white cover with a fake dinner invitation instead.

Source: Music / The Rolling Stones
In Final Fantasy VII you can, and it's entirely advised, to give everyone healing magic, along with any other magic they may use like enemy skills, Summmons or plain old offensive magic.

Source: The Red Mage

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