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obnoxiousness

American  
[uhb-nahk-shuhs-nis] / əbˈnɑk ʃəs nɪs /

noun

  1. the quality of being obnoxious.


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It added fun features and tried to reduce obnoxiousness.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 7, 2026

The more an image proliferates in the world, the more nagging it is, and naturally, our brains twist these repetitive ideas into humor to blunt their obnoxiousness.

From Salon Oct. 9, 2025

“I love the overlap between me and Alice, the queerness, the Asianness and just like the loudness, the kind of recklessness almost, you know? The obnoxiousness and also the unapologetic ness,” Cola said in January.

From Seattle Times Aug. 4, 2023

Or has it magnified the obnoxiousness of already obnoxious people?

From Slate Feb. 20, 2020

Whatever its justification, the excuse for the poets flaunting an addiction to immorality lies in the obnoxiousness of the philistine element among their enemies.

From The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years by Atkins, Elizabeth

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