"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
(4) somewhat, mildly
Kolokacji: 2
1. somewhat offensive = nieco obraźliwy somewhat offensive
  • "Griot," for example, is considered a somewhat offensive term, associated with French colonialism.
  • What was seen as support in the 19th century has become somewhat offensive in the 21st.
  • Stella Browne was one of the first women to speak out in somewhat offensive ways about her beliefs with a "Forward, Charge!"
  • Frankly, I find this somewhat offensive, a desecration of a long liquid legacy.
  • References to past wars are outdated and somewhat offensive.
  • I simply bawked at the somewhat offensive, general comment, which I thought could have been written with a bit more tact...
  • Afra concludes Ivo is not intelligent enough to be affected, and finds him somewhat offensive as a result.
  • I find this interpretation to be somewhat offensive.
  • "So this inevitability, I think, is somewhat offensive to people," he said.
  • Nate had a peculiar sense of humour which many of his co-workers found somewhat offensive.
2. mildly offensive = łagodnie obraźliwy mildly offensive
offensive + preposición
Kolokacji: 3
offensive to • offensive in • offensive about

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