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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

“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

But if we resent Che for being more rounded out in these new episodes than they are, that could be because Che's overall improvement makes Miranda's obnoxiousness tougher to ignore.

From Salon • Jul. 9, 2023

Logan wants to limit his regrets to some of his minor recent obnoxiousness.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2023

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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