Offensive and Taboo

Offensive

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

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

Nearby Words: offend, offence, offensively

Taboo adjective - That may not be permitted.

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Offensive and taboo are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Offensive" instead an adjective "Taboo".

Nearby Words: tabooed, tabooing

strong	strong offensive	strong taboo
powerful	powerful offensive	powerful taboo
real	real offensive	real taboo
massive	massive offensive	massive taboo
Other adjectives: big, serious, huge, major, final, larger, greatest.

Vulgar Humor: For a while their ads for the show featured people simply listing off every single offensive and taboo topic that has been shown on the series, ending with the reader saying that they most certainly would never want to watch it.

Source: Series / It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Robert Crumb and many other Underground Comics artists dealt predominantly with taboo subjects, including sometimes very offensive racial and sexist jokes.

Source: Black Comedy
This time actually living up to its reputation with taboo topics specifically intended for adults and a lot of offensive imagery and quotes that upset both right wingers and left wingers.

Source: The New Rock & Roll

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