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adjective
- 1. extremely unpleasant: "obnoxious odours"
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Obnoxious means very unpleasant or rude, or very offensive. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts and see synonyms and translations.
Obnoxious means highly offensive, disgusting, or repulsive. It comes from Latin obnoxius, meaning "under obligation" or "exposed to". See synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles.
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.
Obnoxious definition: highly objectionable or offensive; odious. See examples of OBNOXIOUS used in a sentence.
Obnoxious means very unpleasant or offensive. Learn the word origin, synonyms, antonyms, examples and usage of obnoxious in British and American English.
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.
Obnoxious means extremely unpleasant, especially in a way that offends people. Learn how to use this adjective with synonyms, pronunciation, pictures and example sentences.
