obnoxious
Americanadjective
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highly objectionable or offensive; odious.
obnoxious behavior.
- Antonyms:
- delightful
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annoying or objectionable due to being a show-off or attracting undue attention to oneself.
an obnoxious little brat.
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Archaic. exposed or liable to harm, evil, or anything objectionable.
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Obsolete. liable to punishment or censure; reprehensible.
adjective
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extremely unpleasant
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obsolete exposed to harm, injury, etc
Related Words
See hateful.
Other Word Forms
- obnoxiously adverb
- obnoxiousness noun
- unobnoxious adjective
- unobnoxiously adverb
Etymology
Origin of obnoxious
First recorded in 1575–85; from Latin obnoxiōsus “harmful,” equivalent to ob- “to, toward, against,” + noxiōsus “harmful”; ob-, noxious
Example Sentences
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He hasn’t seen ads but “if it becomes obnoxious, that would be a concern.”
The tongue-out trend, like many of its kind, began as something "obnoxious and inconsiderate, rather than inherently hostile", he says.
From BBC
He tries to be civil, but he’s organically obnoxious.
Responding to the flippant nature of his previous response, Isaac noted how seemingly obnoxious that quote sounded.
From Los Angeles Times
PAUL: To go back and forth on an email thread over and over and over and over again is just obnoxious.
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