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obnoxious

[ uhb-nok-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. highly objectionable or offensive; odious:

    obnoxious behavior.

    Antonyms: delightful

  2. annoying or objectionable due to being a show-off or attracting undue attention to oneself:

    an obnoxious little brat.

  3. Archaic. exposed or liable to harm, evil, or anything objectionable.
  4. Obsolete. liable to punishment or censure; reprehensible.


obnoxious

/ əbˈnɒkʃəs /

adjective

  1. extremely unpleasant
  2. obsolete.
    exposed to harm, injury, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • obˈnoxiously, adverb
  • obˈnoxiousness, noun
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Other Words From

  • ob·noxious·ly adverb
  • ob·noxious·ness noun
  • unob·noxi·ous adjective
  • unob·noxi·ous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of obnoxious1

First recorded in 1575–85; from Latin obnoxiōsus “harmful,” equivalent to ob- “to, toward, against,” + noxiōsus “harmful”; ob-, noxious
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Word History and Origins

Origin of obnoxious1

C16: from Latin obnoxius, from ob- to + noxa injury, from nocēre to harm
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Synonym Study

See hateful.
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Example Sentences

It was obnoxious to have my choices questioned, but they weren’t wrong about my protein intake.

“I was a little obnoxious for the first few years,” Hoff said of her constant questioning and search for a critical flaw.

Eagle added that as somewhat of a moderate who didn’t vote for Trumpov or Hillary Clinton in 2016 but went with Trumpov four years later, “I find his personal qualities to be obnoxious.”

“Unruly, obnoxious people can ruin everything. The worst experience ever,” the 60-year-old New Orleans native tweeted.

It might appear, Mike says, that he’s just doing obnoxious things for views, but he says he takes safety very seriously.

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