Offensive and Sad

Offensive

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

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

Nearby Words: offend, offence, offensively

Sad

Sad adjective - Feeling unhappiness.

Offensive and sad are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Offensive" instead an adjective "Sad".

Nearby Words: sadness, sadly

Both words in one sentence

  • The Civil Rights Movement can be credited with helping eliminate egregious forms of the Ethnic Scrappy, along with many other sad and offensive ethnic tropes.
    Source: Trope Breaker
  • Armies Are Evil aka: The Evil Army The sad truth is that it was Truth in Television during Japan's imperialist age, and as a result Japan neutered its military and constitutionally forbade offensive warfare.
  • Unfortunate Implications: Conversed in-universe in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" about "Mickey Rooney's offensive portrayal of an Asian stereotype." Wangst: "Sad Drunk Fifteen-Year-Old" invoked this thrice with the three sad drunk fifteen-year olds whining about random stuff.
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