as in repulsiveness
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Recent Examples of offensiveness
But Hokit’s offensiveness in the shadow of the president’s home — with the Washington Monument visible to the south — was one indication that anything and everything was inbounds.
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Oskar Garcia,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
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.
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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.
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Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
13 Aug. 2025
But Vanderbilt framed its investigation around offensiveness, not professional ethics—and offensiveness is not itself grounds for investigation.
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Jonathan Marks,
Washington Post,
22 Dec. 2020
Oskar Garcia,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
During this period, Dhillon moved away from the Review’s gleeful offensiveness toward positions suggesting a more moderate conservatism.
—
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
But Vanderbilt framed its investigation around offensiveness, not professional ethics—and offensiveness is not itself grounds for investigation.
—
Jonathan Marks,
Washington Post,
22 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offensiveness
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Brianna seems to swing between two moods: intense enthusiasm, intense repugnance.
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In fact, the retort could lead people to dangerously belittle the scourge and repugnance of real anti-Semitism.
Noun
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So, Tom Steyer, welcome to the hall of infamy of filthy-rich flops.
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In an era of algorithm outrage and viral infamy, the film's central warning has only sharpened.
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That sheer, unrelenting obnoxiousness made past iterations consistent overachievers on the sport’s biggest stage.
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Spock is this brilliant, arrogant, aloof-to-the-point-of-obnoxiousness genius.
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Moreover, even when placed in packing bags, shoes (and even swimwear) can lend less-than-ideal stench to your luggage, and bar soap can help stave off the unpleasantness, so that every outfit feels freshly washed.
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But mothers who’d hunted long for that title knew that this unpleasantness was welcome, embraced.
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According to Reuters, the United States and European Union raised concerns that the resolution could be interpreted as creating a hierarchy among crimes against humanity by treating some atrocities as more serious than others.
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The genocidal atrocities uncovered in Bucha were televised internationally.
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Sustainable credentials are also on point, with PFAS-free water repellency, ethically sourced suede uppers, and an outsole made from post-consumer plastic and agricultural waste.
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Ridestore subjects materials to failure testing during both development and production, evaluating bond strength in laminated membranes, water-repellency performance and trim durability before materials move into manufacturing.
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The undesirability of the undead state is inherent in the term itself.
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There are hyper-local gags about the Williamsburg bar Union Pool and the undesirability of living in the Financial District, and a creature known as Rat Pizza — like Pizza Rat in reverse.
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“Offensiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offensiveness. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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