offensiveness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for offensiveness
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
Noun
  • Yordan Alvarez’s name lives in infamy even though Josh Fields proved quite effective in a Dodgers uniform.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 23 July 2025
  • That might have been the number that burned into infamy in South Florida sports history.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • According to a new case study in JAMA Dermatology, the woman presented to a dermatology clinic in Spain after three months of oral unpleasantness.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2025
  • Happy to temporarily rid his mind of that unpleasantness, Nick springs into action.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Every day there is a new cut to programs that actually help people in need or a new atrocity like Alligator Alcatraz that promotes cruelty to other human beings.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2025
  • Israeli officials have repeatedly compared Hamas’ October 7 attacks to Nazi atrocities during World War II, homing in on the narrative that the conflict in Gaza is a war of survival.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Used across sectors and product categories, the substances are often found in cookware, firefighting foams, food packaging and apparel and footwear for waterproofing and oil repellency.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 16 July 2025
  • But to Muzio’s point, terrestrial birds use water repellency, too.
    Ian Rose, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2025
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“Offensiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offensiveness. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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