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adjective
- 1. extremely unpleasant: "obnoxious odors"
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The meaning of OBNOXIOUS is odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive. How to use obnoxious in a sentence.
Obnoxious definition: highly objectionable or offensive; odious. See examples of OBNOXIOUS used in a sentence.
very unpleasant or offensive:
If something is obnoxious, it's annoying and unpleasant. Generally, people like to avoid obnoxious folks. If something is driving you absolutely crazy, it's probably obnoxious. Yelling and stomping your feet is obnoxious. Poking someone repeatedly is obnoxious.
Definition of obnoxious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Very annoying or objectionable; offensive or odious: "I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution" (Ulysses S. Grant). 2. Archaic Exposed or subject to harm, injury, or evil: "Those who are most obnoxious to punishment will flee from the country" (George Washington). 3.
2 meanings: 1. extremely unpleasant 2. obsolete exposed to harm, injury, etc.... Click for more definitions.
Origin of obnoxious 1 First recorded in 1575–85; from Latin obnoxiōsus “harmful,” equivalent to ob- “to, toward, against,” + noxiōsus “harmful”; ob- , noxious Discover More
obnoxious. adjective. uk / əbˈnɒkʃəs / us. Add to word list. very unpleasant or rude: He was loud and obnoxious. (Definition of obnoxious from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Sep 27, 2024 · (of a person) Unjustly disagreeable, argumentative or objectionable; brazenly rude. He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man. (archaic or obsolete) Exposed or vulnerable to something, especially harm or injury. (obsolete) Causing harm or injury; harmful, hurtful, injurious.
