objectionable

[ uhb-jek-shuh-nuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. causing or tending to cause an objection, disapproval, or protest.
2. offending good taste, manners, etiquette, propriety, etc.; offensive:

   objectionable behavior.

   Synonyms: unacceptable, odious, vile, offensive

objectionable

/ əbˈdʒɛkʃənəbəl /

adjective

1. unpleasant, offensive, or repugnant

Derived Forms

• obˌjectionaˈbility, noun
• obˈjectionably, adverb

Other Words From

• ob·jection·a·bili·ty ob·jection·a·ble·ness noun
• ob·jection·a·bly adverb
• super·ob·jection·a·ble adjective
• super·ob·jection·a·bly adverb
• unob·jection·a·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of objectionable¹

First recorded in 1775–85; objection + -able

Example Sentences

Updating the rides’ objectionable elements is challenging, but the company is “doing it sensitively and making sure that we keep things relevant,” said Kim Irvine, executive creative director for Disney Imagineering.

From Los Angeles Times

As Reason’s Damon Root points out, “This is the same Trump who favors government censorship of the internet in order to suppress speech that he finds objectionable. It's the same Trump who favors gutting libel laws in order to make it easier for him to silence journalists who write unkind things about him. It's the same Trump who wants the government to forcibly shutter houses of worship in which people might say, read, or think unpopular things.”

From Salon

He said his wife did it in response to “a neighbor’s use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs.”

From Salon

The website invites informants to report on teachers who share “objectionable curricula, policies, or programs”; it also posts personally identifying information that can easily be used to dox or harass educators.

From Slate

Among the “objectionable” materials reported through the site is an email from a superintendent who vowed to “address societal injustice in our classrooms” in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder.

From Slate

Related Words

• abhorrent
• deplorable
• distasteful
• noxious
• obnoxious
• regrettable
• reprehensible
• repugnant
• repulsive
• unacceptable
• unpalatable