Definitions for obnoxious
əbˈnɒk ʃəsob·nox·ious

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. objectionable, obnoxiousadjective

   causing disapproval or protest

   "a vulgar and objectionable person"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. obnoxiousadjective

   Very annoying, offensive, odious or contemptible.

   Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your obnoxious behaviour.

2. obnoxiousadjective

   exposed to harm or injury.

3. Etymology: From obnoxiosus, from obnoxius, from ob + noxia.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. OBNOXIOUSnoun

   Etymology: obnoxius, Latin.

   1. Subject.

   I propound a character of justice in a middle form, between the speculative discourses of philosophers, and the writings of lawyers, which are tied and obnoxious to their particular laws. Francis Bacon, Holy War.

   2. Liable to punishment.

   All are obnoxious, and this faulty land,
   Like fainting Hester, does before you stand,
   Watching your sceptre. Edmund Waller.

   We know ourselves obnoxious to God’s severe justice, and that he is a God of mercy and hateth sin; and therefore that we might not have the least suspicion of his unwillingness to forgive, he hath sent his only begotten son into the world, by his dismal sufferings and cursed death, to expiate our offences. Edmund Calamy, Sermons.

   Thy name, O Varus, if the kinder pow’rs
   Preserve our plains, and shield the Mantuan tow’rs,
   Obnoxious by Cremona’s neighb’ring crime,
   The wings of swans, and stronger pinion’d rhyme
   Shall raise aloft. Dryd.

   3. Liable; exposed.

   Long hostility had made their friendship weak in itself, and more obnoxious to jealousies and distrusts. John Hayward.

   But what will not ambition and revenge
   Descend to? who aspires, must down as low
   As high he soar’d; obnoxious first or last,
   To basest things. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   Beasts lie down,
   To dews obnoxious on the grassy floor. Dryden.

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1. obnoxious

   Obnoxious is commonly defined as behavior or attitudes that are extremely unpleasant, offensive, or irritating to others. It refers to people who often display offensive and disruptive conduct, intentionally causing annoyance or provoking others in a socially unacceptable way.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Obnoxiousadjective

   subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with to

2. Obnoxiousadjective

   liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy

3. Obnoxiousadjective

   offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs

4. Etymology: [L. obnoxius; ob (see Ob-) + noxius hurtful. See Noxious.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Obnoxious

   ob-nok′shus, adj. liable to hurt or punishment: exposed to: guilty: blameworthy: offensive: subject: answerable.—adv. Obnox′iously.—n. Obnox′iousness. [L.,—ob, before, noxa, hurt.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of obnoxious in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of obnoxious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of obnoxious in a Sentence

1. Peter Daou:

   You're taking one group of obnoxious people online and you're tarnishing an entire campaign.

2. Garrett Coyne:

   I can’t believe someone could be so obnoxious and ignorant and rude about a situation that I struggle with daily.

3. Getty Images:

   I think that he would be one of the weaker candidates. We have a lot of young candidates who will fight for principle but don't have the sort of obnoxious personal characteristics that alienate a lot of voters.

4. Ryan Pack:

   It's a tragedy when people will defend the use of harmful drugs, alcohol, sex, obnoxious parties, but they won't defend integrity and justice.

5. Ulysses S. Grant:

   I know no method to secure the repeal of bad, obnoxious, or unjust laws so effective as their strict execution.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=obnoxious
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Obnoxious
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=obnoxious
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obnoxious
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obnoxious
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=obnoxious