obnoxious
adjective/əbˈnɒkʃəs/
/əbˈnɑːkʃəs/
- extremely unpleasant, especially in a way that offends people synonym offensive
- obnoxious behaviour
- a thoroughly obnoxious man
- obnoxious odours
- The movie is loud and obnoxious.
- I find her really obnoxious.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘vulnerable to harm’): from Latin obnoxiosus, from obnoxius ‘exposed to harm’, from ob- ‘towards’ + noxa ‘harm’. The current sense, influenced by noxious, dates from the late 17th cent.Want to learn more?
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