obnoxious

[ uhb-nok-shuhs ]
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adjective

  1. highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior.

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

  1. Archaic. exposed or liable to harm, evil, or anything objectionable.

  2. Obsolete. liable to punishment or censure; reprehensible.

Origin of obnoxious

1
First recorded in 1575–85; from Latin obnoxiōsus “harmful,” equivalent to ob- “to, toward, against,” + noxiōsus “harmful”; see ob-, noxious

synonym study For obnoxious

1. See hateful.

Opposites for obnoxious

Other words from obnoxious

  • 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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British Dictionary definitions for obnoxious

obnoxious

/ (əbˈnɒkʃəs) /

adjective

  1. extremely unpleasant

  2. obsolete exposed to harm, injury, etc

Origin of obnoxious

1
C16: from Latin obnoxius, from ob- to + noxa injury, from nocēre to harm

Derived forms of obnoxious

  • obnoxiously, adverb
  • obnoxiousness, noun

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