obnoxious
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5.1
- adjective
- /əbˈnɑkʃəs/
- Offensive
:
odioso
- Many find her constant bragging obnoxious and off-putting.
- an obnoxious person
- so obnoxious
- most obnoxious
It's always the most desperate, obnoxious, least attractive people.
- It's always the most desperate, obnoxious, least attractive people.
- I mean, we were obnoxious undergraduates.
- So none of the obnoxious things about Jason have gone away.
- And you're also being obnoxious to the judge who you're trying to deceive by lying.
- That is obnoxious and irritating and costly.
Examples
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Tips for being a less obnoxious conversationalist?
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Now this guy looks really obnoxious.
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But there is, there are these which are really obnoxious folks.
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It's just obnoxious to show on the Internet at all.
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It's obnoxious that it's actually a real thing.
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It's kind of cute and obnoxious at the same time.
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What does that have to do with how obnoxious he is being?
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A person can only be obnoxious so many times in one evening.
Fiction book (2000) -
This kid is so obnoxious.
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Sometimes he can be pretty obnoxious.
Synonyms
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1.0
Very bad or unpleasant and causing dislike
531
1.3
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making you feel sick
392
1.0
Making someone feel bothered or irritated
215
1.0
Not nice and causing discomfort or unhappiness
80
2.9
Making someone feel annoyed or impatient
42
4.9
So unpleasant or painful that you cannot bear it
31
6.7
Causing people to feel offended or want to protest
30
4.6
Something that makes people feel dislike or disgust
26
7.5
So unpleasant you cannot stand it
26
5.3
Causing you to feel very angry or annoyed
24
7.2
Very bad or morally wrong so people strongly dislike it
23
7.7
Causing strong dislike or disgust because people see it as morally wrong
20
7.7
Causing strong disgust or hatred in people
20
8.2
Very unpleasant and likely to make people feel strong dislike
15
5.3
Having a bad smell or taste that bothers you
14
3.5
Causing annoyance or trouble
9
6.5
Very unpleasant and causing people to feel strong dislike or hate
8
5.0
Unfriendly in manner so people feel uncomfortable
4
9.9
Rude and unkind in a way that annoys other people
3
9.9
Very noisy and hard to control, like a loud crowd
2
6.6
Very rude and likely to make people feel angry or hurt
1
8.7
Causing people to feel annoyed or frustrated
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making people feel sick
Very insulting and likely to deeply offend people
Antonyms
How Offensive
59
5.5
- Offensive
261
4.0
- Offensive
126
5.1
392
1.0
215
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Obnoxious comes from Latin parts ob- ('against') and noxa ('harm'), and is related to the English word noxious ('harmful'). So think of someone or something that 'hurts' or strongly annoys others — that's why obnoxious means very unpleasant or offensive.