DEFENSIVE


Meaning of DEFENSIVE in English

n. 25B6; adjective

troops in defensive positions : DEFENDING, protective; wary, watchful.

a defensive response : SELF-JUSTIFYING, oversensitive, prickly, paranoid, neurotic; informal uptight, twitchy.

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