| ADJECTIVE | all | inoffensive, unoffending | not causing anger / anger or annoyance |
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| all | inoffensive | giving no offense | |
| all | inoffensive, euphemistic | substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one |
| Sounds | ihnahfeh'nsihv | |
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| Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 301 rhymes with ihv... | |
| Meaning | not causing anger / anger or annoyance. | |
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| Example | "inoffensive behavior" | |
| Synonym | unoffending | |
| Attribute of | offensiveness, odiousness, distastefulness | The quality of being offensive |
| Narrower | offenseless, offenceless | incapable of offending / offending or attacking |
| Opposite | offensive | Causing anger / anger or annoyance |
| Meaning | Giving no offense. | |
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| Attribute of | offensiveness, odiousness, distastefulness | The quality of being offensive |
| Narrower | innocuous, unobjectionable | not causing disapproval |
| Opposite | offensive | unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses |
| Adverbs | inoffensively | in a not unpleasantly offensive manner |
| Meaning | Substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one. | |
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| Synonym | euphemistic | |
| Opposite | dysphemistic, offensive | Substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one |