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obnoxious
[ uhb-nok-shuhs ]
adjective
- highly objectionable or offensive; odious:
obnoxious behavior.
Antonyms: delightful
- annoying or objectionable due to being a show-off or attracting undue attention to oneself:
an obnoxious little brat.
- Archaic. exposed or liable to harm, evil, or anything objectionable.
- Obsolete. liable to punishment or censure; reprehensible.
obnoxious
/ əbˈnɒkʃəs /
adjective
- extremely unpleasant
- obsolete.exposed to harm, injury, etc
Derived Forms
- obˈnoxiously, adverb
- obˈnoxiousness, noun
Other Words From
- ob·noxious·ly adverb
- ob·noxious·ness noun
- unob·noxi·ous adjective
- unob·noxi·ous·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of obnoxious1
Word History and Origins
Origin of obnoxious1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
That made it hard to ignore obnoxious contacts or ones you’d prefer to forget.
In 2010’s start-up culture, “innovation and disruption were ascendant and critical questions were often dismissed as obnoxious cynicism.”
I’d ask NBA superfan and die-hard Knicks loyalist Spike Lee to take the helm and would include a cameo of Drake, the league’s most obnoxious celebrity fan, on the sidelines.
To say it now, into the noise of an obnoxious, male-centric sports audience, would be too damn polite.
Some of us stayed up all night long leaving messages for every representative in the House, not wanting to be obnoxious in any way but trying to make sure they had all the information to be able to vote appropriately.
These “free” games display ads, often in obnoxious places, in lieu of the entry fee.
Peaceful protest is welcome in America today—seeking to disrupt Americans looking to enjoy an NFL game is obnoxious.
The obnoxious meddling journalist is a stock character in fiction.
You must be one of the most obnoxious creatures, male or female, roaming the planet.
Certain sentences and paragraphs capture a self-awareness that is more insightful than obnoxious or narcissistic.
Five coaches, each containing six of the obnoxious prisoners, started to convey them to the prison of the Abbayé.
Mr. Osborne's pronounced Northern principles had made him very obnoxious to those who sympathized with the South.
Stephen, as the head of the Christian community, was especially obnoxious to heathen rage.
We then made ourselves horribly obnoxious with our machine guns, and opened by arrangement.
He stormed and wheedled, threatened and bribed; the obnoxious instrument was constantly brandished before his eyes.
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