obnoxious

  • 21obnoxious — Synonyms and related words: abhorrent, abject, abominable, arrant, atrocious, awful, base, beastly, beggarly, below contempt, beneath contempt, blameworthy, brutal, cheesy, contemptible, crude, crummy, debased, degraded, deplorable, depraved,… …

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  • 22obnoxious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. repulsive, loathsome, hateful, offensive, odious. See hate, badness, vulgarity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. offensive, annoying, disagreeable, displeasing; see offensive 2 . See Synonym Study at… …

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  • 23obnoxious — see NOXIOUS …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 24obnoxious — ob·nox·ious || É™b nÉ‘kʃəs / nÉ’k adj. repulsive; disgusting; offensively arrogant; annoying …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 25obnoxious — [əb nɒkʃəs] adjective extremely unpleasant. Derivatives obnoxiously adverb obnoxiousness noun Origin C16 (in the sense vulnerable (to harm) ): from L. obnoxiosus, from obnoxius exposed to harm , from ob towards + noxa harm …

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  • 26obnoxious — a. 1. Reprehensible, censurable, blameworthy, faulty. 2. Hateful, unpleasing, odious, offensive, unpopular. 3. Subject, liable, answerable, exposed (with to), amenable …

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  • 27obnoxious — adj 1. offensive, disgusting, noisome, revolting, obscene, deplorable, objectionable; noxious, rank, foul, vile, fulsome, noisome; distasteful, nauseating, nauseous, unpalatable, unsavory, gross, unpleasant, disagreeable; odious, abhorrent,… …

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  • 28obnoxious — ob·nox·ious …

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  • 29obnoxious — [əbˈnɒkʃəs] adj very rude, offensive, or unpleasant …

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  • 30obnoxious — ob•nox•ious [[t]əbˈnɒk ʃəs[/t]] adj. 1) highly objectionable or offensive 2) archaic exposed or liable to harm • Etymology: 1575–85; < L obnoxius accountable, liable, subject to, of uncert. der.; E sense influenced by assoc. with L noxius… …

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