inoffensive
1. not causing anger or annoyance - inoffensive behavior • Syn: unoffending • Ant: offensive • Similar to: offenseless, offenceless • Attrubites: offensiveness, odiousness, distastefulness 2. giving no offense - a quiet inoffensive man - a refreshing inoffensive stimulant • Ant: offensive • Similar to: innocuous, unobjectionable • Attrubites: offensiveness, odiousness, distastefulness 3. substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one - 'peepee' is a common euphemistic term • Syn: euphemistic • Ant: dysphemistic (for: euphemistic) • Derivationally related forms: euphemism (for: euphemistic)
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