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Obnoxious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Obnoxious? [adj] causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Obnoxious: objectionable \| offensive \| unpleasant Related Terms \| Find terms related to Obnoxious: abhorrent \| abject \| abominable \| arrant \| atrocious \| awful \| base \| beastly \| beggarly \| below contempt \| beneath contempt \| blameworthy \| brutal \| cheesy \| contemptible \| crude \| crummy \| debased \| degraded \| deplorable \| depraved \| despicable \| detestable \| dire \| dirty \| disgusting \| dreadful \| egregious \| enormous \| execrable \| exposed \| fetid \| filthy \| flagrant \| forbidding \| foul \| fulsome \| grave \| grievous \| gross \| hateful \| heinous \| horrible \| horrid \| ignoble \| infamous \| invidious \| lamentable \| little \| loathsome \| lousy \| low \| low-down \| lumpen \| malodorous \| mangy \| mean \| measly \| mephitic \| miasmal \| miasmic \| miserable \| monstrous \| nasty \| nauseating \| nefarious \| noisome \| notorious \| noxious \| objectionable \| obscene \| odious \| offensive \| open \| outrageous \| paltry \| petty \| pitiable \| pitiful \| poky \| poor \| prone \| rank \| rebarbative \| regrettable \| repellent \| reprehensible \| reptilian \| repugnant \| repulsive \| revolting \| revulsive \| rotten \| sad \| scabby \| scandalous \| schlock \| scrubby \| scruffy \| scummy \| scurvy \| sensitive \| shabby \| shameful \| shocking \| shoddy \| sickening \| small \| sordid \| squalid \| stinking \| subject \| susceptible \| terrible \| too bad \| unclean \| unmentionable \| vile \| villainous \| woeful \| worst \| worthless \| wretched See Also \| Obnoxious In Webster's Dictionary \Obnox"ious\ ([o^]bn[o^]k"sh[u^]s), a. [L. obnoxius; ob (see {Ob-}) + noxius hurtful. See {Noxious}.] 1. Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with to. The writings of lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to their particular laws. --Bacon. Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public than to be obnoxious to any private purse. --Milton. Obnoxious, first or last, To basest things --Milton. 2. Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy. ``The contrived and interested schemes of . . . obnoxious authors.'' --Bp. Fell. All are obnoxious, and this faulty land, Like fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your scepter. --Waller. 3. Offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs. --Burke. -- {Obnox"iously}, adv. -- {Obnox"iousness}, n. --South.

Obnoxious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Obnoxious?

[adj] causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Obnoxious: objectionable | offensive | unpleasant

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Obnoxious In Webster's Dictionary

\Ob*nox"ious\ ([o^]b*n[o^]k"sh[u^]s), a. [L. obnoxius;
ob (see {Ob-}) + noxius hurtful. See {Noxious}.]
1. Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with
   to.

         The writings of lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to
         their particular laws.                --Bacon.

         Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public
         than to be obnoxious to any private purse. --Milton.

         Obnoxious, first or last, To basest things --Milton.

2. Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible;
   blameworthy. ``The contrived and interested schemes of . .
   . obnoxious authors.'' --Bp. Fell.

         All are obnoxious, and this faulty land, Like
         fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your
         scepter.                              --Waller.

3. Offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a
   minister obnoxious to the Whigs. --Burke. --
   {Ob*nox"ious*ly}, adv. -- {Ob*nox"ious*ness}, n. --South.

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