About The Word Obnoxious
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Obnoxious
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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 \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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