offencefuloffensefuladj.
/əˈfɛnsf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /əˈfɛnsf(ə)l/, /ˈɔˌfɛnsf(ə)l/, /ˈɑˌfɛnsf(ə)l/ rare.
Full of or giving offence; sinful.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [adjective] > of nature of
faulty1548
slanderous1554
offensible1575
scandalizing1593
offenceful1611
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [adjective] > transgressing or offending > full of sins or offences
offenceful1611
peccaminous1656
1611 G. Chapman May-day iv. 60 For the little squire amaz'd with his late affrights and this suddaine offencefull spectacle of his daughter, tooke no certaine note who it was that accosted her.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iii. 28 Your most offence full act Was mutually committed. View more context for this quotation
1970 V. Nabokov in New Yorker 23 May 44 With each year..That separation seems more offenseful. And the offense more absurd.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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