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Recent Examples of offensiveness
During this period, Dhillon moved away from the Review’s gleeful offensiveness toward positions suggesting a more moderate conservatism.
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Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
The push came amid concerns about the offensiveness of the name.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2025
There was a Lynchian quality to the podcast, a fun-house-size absurdism that offset its overt offensiveness.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
The push came amid concerns about the offensiveness of the name.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2025
There was a Lynchian quality to the podcast, a fun-house-size absurdism that offset its overt offensiveness.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offensiveness
Noun
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Brianna seems to swing between two moods: intense enthusiasm, intense repugnance.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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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
Noun
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That’s just one episode in this exhaustive five-hour docuseries, which covers Gacy’s early life through his death and infamy.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Apr. 2026
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Adlon said believes her character sees an opportunity in this danger, despite Maul's infamy among the remaining Jedi.—
Sean Keane,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Spock is this brilliant, arrogant, aloof-to-the-point-of-obnoxiousness genius.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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His loudness and obnoxiousness are personal liabilities that can become functional assets for the rest of the cast.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Inevitably, our era’s political extremism and unpleasantness have grown aesthetically evident, perhaps most notably in the design of interiors and landscapes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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But Israelis have managed to endure even the latest unpleasantness with characteristic resilience.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The company's pictures have been used to help track atrocities in Syria, document previous attacks by Iran, and chronicle Israel's destruction of Gaza.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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By compiling a vast database of this material and sharing it through impactful social videos, the project has reached millions, providing vital eyewitness testimonies and interactive resources to document the atrocities faced by the people of Gaza.—
Hilary Lewis,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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It has been tested for durability, strength, stability and water repellency.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Dec. 2025
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Even so, the lightweight layer is made of durable nylon with PFC-free water repellency.—
Rachel Chang,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While some recent sales have been sluggish — Susan Gutfreund’s 12,000-square-foot duplex listed for $120 million in 2016 and finally sold for $53 million three years later, that seems more a symptom of delusional pricing than undesirability.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
13 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Offensiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offensiveness. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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