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inoffensive

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of inoffensive

not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt

an inoffensive little joke at the opening of his speech

Synonyms of inoffensive

anodyne, benign, harmless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, safe, white

Words Related to inoffensive

healthful, healthy, salubrious, wholesome

sound, trustworthy

gentle, gracious, mild

nonthreatening, painless, unobjectionable

noncorrosive, nondestructive, nonfatal, noninfectious, nonlethal, nonpoisonous, nonpolluting, nontoxic, nonvenomous

Near Antonyms of inoffensive

poisonous, venomous

menacing, ominous, sinister, threatening

hazardous, imperiling (or imperilling), jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe, unsound

nasty, noisome, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome

offensive, painful, scathing, wounding

deadly, fatal, lethal, ruinous

destructive, insidious, malignant, noxious, pestilent, polluted, tainted

Antonyms of inoffensive

adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous, nocuous, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial, wicked

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