"offensive" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

offensive adjetivo

offensive + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 155
offensive line • offensive coordinator • offensive lineman • offensive player • offensive operation • offensive weapon • ...
verbo + offensive
Kolokacji: 4
find offensive • consider offensive • deem offensive • play offensive
adverbio + offensive
Kolokacji: 18
highly offensive • most offensive • deeply offensive • particularly offensive • potentially offensive • ...
(1) highly, extremely
Kolokacji: 2
(3) patently, terribly
Kolokacji: 2
1. patently offensive = w sposób oczywisty obraźliwy patently offensive
  • The agency concluded that the sexual references in the song were "patently offensive."
  • It is not necessary, moreover, that the image be patently offensive.
  • But he upheld parts of the law regulating obscene and patently offensive information.
  • Adults generally have the right to see material that's "patently offensive."
  • Does the work depict or describe sexual acts in a "patently offensive" manner?
  • Wearing a tie, women are so obviously just play-acting at being men that it is patently offensive.
  • The term "patently offensive" is vague enough that no one knows for sure, but the wise user will take a conservative approach.
  • In our assessment of whether material is "patently offensive," context is critical.
  • It is patently offensive on almost all levels.
  • The work must be patently offensive to contemporary community standards.
2. terribly offensive = szalenie obraźliwy terribly offensive
(4) somewhat, mildly
Kolokacji: 2
offensive + preposición
Kolokacji: 3
offensive to • offensive in • offensive about

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