obnoxious

  • 11obnoxious — [[t]ɒbnɒ̱kʃəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as obnoxious, you think that they are very unpleasant. One of the parents was a most obnoxious character. No one liked him... The people at my table were so obnoxious I simply… …

    English dictionary

  • 12obnoxious — obnoxiously, adv. obnoxiousness, n. /euhb nok sheuhs/, adj. 1. highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior. 2. annoying or objectionable due to being a showoff or attracting undue attention to oneself: an obnoxious little brat.… …

    Universalium

  • 13obnoxious — adjective /ɑbˈnɑːkʃəs/ a) Very annoying, offensive, odious or contemptible. Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your obnoxious behaviour. b) exposed to harm or injury. To begin then with his Experiment of the burning Wood, it seems… …

    Wiktionary

  • 14obnoxious — ob|nox|ious [ ab nakʃəs ] adjective very rude, offensive, or unpleasant: an obnoxious child an obnoxious habit ╾ ob|nox|ious|ly adverb ╾ ob|nox|ious|ness noun uncount …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 15obnoxious — adjective extremely unpleasant or rude: You obnoxious little creep! | an obnoxious smell obnoxiously adverb obnoxiousness noun (U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16obnoxious — adjective 1) the gasoline powered pump made an obnoxious racket Syn: unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, distasteful, offensive, objectionable, unsavory, unpalatable, off putting, awful, terrible, dreadful, frightful, revolting, repulsive, repellent …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 17obnoxious — UK [əbˈnɒkʃəs] / US [ɑbˈnɑkʃəs] adjective very rude, offensive, or unpleasant an obnoxious child an obnoxious habit Derived words: obnoxiously adverb obnoxiousness noun uncountable …

    English dictionary

  • 18obnoxious — See noisome. See noisome, noxious, obnoxious …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 19obnoxious — /əbˈnɒkʃəs / (say uhb nokshuhs), /ɒb / (say ob ) adjective 1. objectionable; offensive; odious: obnoxious remarks. 2. exposed or liable (to harm, evil, or anything objectionable). 3. Obsolete liable to punishment or censure; reprehensible. {Latin …

  • 20obnoxious — adjective Etymology: Latin obnoxius, from ob in the way of, exposed to + noxa harm more at noxious Date: 1597 1. archaic exposed to something unpleasant or harmful used with to 2. archaic deserving of censure 3. odiously or disgustingly… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary