Offensive and Wrong

Offensive

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

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

Nearby Words: offend, offence, offensively

Wrong adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.

Usage example: was caught doing something wrong

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Offensive and wrong are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Offensive" instead an adjective "Wrong".

original	original offensive	original wrong
single	single offensive	single wrong
plain	plain offensive	plain wrong
real	real offensive	real wrong
Other adjectives: big, little, bad, new, general, greatest.

When Steven explains that she hurt Amethyst's feelings, Peridot cannot understand what she was saying is wrong and offensive.

Source: Innocently Insensitive
Fantastic Slurs: During this incident, the Prairie People are called "critters", which is explicitly shown as offensive and wrong.

Source: Western Animation / Bravestarr
Some consider this offensive to homosexuals since, after all, there's not supposed to be anything wrong with that.

Source: Gay Moment

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