offensiveness

noun

Definition of offensivenessnext
as in repulsiveness

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  1. repugnance
  2. infamy
  3. unpleasantness
  4. atrocity
  5. repellency
Noun
  • Brianna seems to swing between two moods: intense enthusiasm, intense repugnance.
    — Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
  • In fact, the retort could lead people to dangerously belittle the scourge and repugnance of real anti-Semitism.
    — Salam Fayyad, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2024
Definition of repugnance
Noun
  • Double-amputee Olympian Oscar Pistorius went from being seen at the 2012 London Games as a model of overcoming adversity to a place of infamy after the South African sprinter was convicted of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2015.
    — Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Few White House events have earned the kind of instant infamy that greeted Friday’s disastrous meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of infamy
Noun
  • This is why people use chasers after taking shots, to distract themselves from the unpleasantness of alcohol’s fire.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2025
  • And that’s just the unpleasantness of chewing on leathery supermarket steaks, because accidentally tucking into raw chicken is more serious.
    — Sal Vaglica, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of unpleasantness
Noun
  • How could an empathetic person commit such atrocities?
    — Ross Overline, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Kirchner had, a year earlier, backed sanctions for clergymen who publicly opposed the government’s human rights policies, including his decision to annul laws pardoning dictatorship-era atrocities.
    — Federico Perelmuter, The Dial, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of atrocity
Noun
  • Prana's Halle Straight Pants II have a flattering silhouette that resembles the fit of your favorite jeans — only with UPF 50+ for sun protection, water repellency, and abrasion resistance.
    — Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Chemicals are added to create different characteristics, such as flexibility or water repellency.
    — By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
Definition of repellency
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