obnoxious
Pronunciation: /əbˈnɒkʃəs/
The English word “obnoxious” has 7 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious.
- Unjustly disagreeable, argumentative or objectionable; brazenly rude.
- Exposed or vulnerable to something, especially harm or injury.
- Causing harm or injury; harmful, hurtful, injurious.
- Deserving of blame or punishment; blameworthy, guilty.
- Under the authority or power of someone; subject, subordinate; hence, deferential, submissive, subservient.
- Followed by to: likely to do something.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin obnoxiōsus.
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