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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

We also know that the stock can go back up rapidly without Musk dialing back his obnoxiousness or giving up his other projects.

From Slate ● Mar. 4, 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

Worse, it seems to have caught a bad case of entitled obnoxiousness from its main character.

From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2018

Mr. Pope tells me that I am dead, and that this obnoxiousness is the reward for my inoffensiveness in my former life.

From Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) by Lewis Melville

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