Offensive and Taking

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Offensive

Offensive adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.
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Taking is an antonym for offensive.
Nearby Words: offend, offence, offensively

Taking

Taking adjective - Very pleasing to look at.
Usage example: had never seen such a taking city as Venice
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Offensive is an antonym for taking.
Nearby Words: take, taken, taker, takingly
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  • Series / Bibleman The new series has actually shown Bibleman going on the offensive and taking them out with a thrust from the Sword of the Spirit a couple times.
    Source: Series / Bibleman
  • Video Game / Sacrifice For instance, Persephone has 2 healing spells and one healing creature, all of whom are usefull but taking them all leaves you with a vastly reduced offensive arsenal.
    Source: Video Game / Sacrifice
  • Video Game / Mario Kart 8 This was likely done to prevent griefers from camping near item boxes and spamming offensive items at other racers, or simply not taking the game seriously.
    Source: Video Game / Mario Kart 8
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