noun
the quality of being offensive
• Syn: ↑odiousness, ↑distastefulness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑distasteful (for: ↑distastefulness), ↑odious (for: ↑odiousness), ↑offensive
• Hypernyms: ↑unpleasantness
• Hyponyms:
↑blatancy, ↑loathsomeness, ↑repulsiveness, ↑sliminess, ↑vileness, ↑lousiness, ↑wickedness, ↑hatefulness, ↑obnoxiousness, ↑objectionableness
• Attrubites: ↑offensive, ↑inoffensive, ↑unoffending
Useful english dictionary. 2012.