Meaning

7 senses
  1. Extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious.

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

    abscheulich, anstößig, sekkant

    омерзи́тельныйomerzítelʹnyj, отврати́тельныйotvratítelʹnyj, проти́вныйprotívnyj

    оги́днийohýdnyj

  2. Unjustly disagreeable, argumentative or objectionable; brazenly rude.

    He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man.

  3. (archaic, obsolete)Exposed or vulnerable to something, especially harm or injury.

  4. (obsolete)Causing harm or injury; harmful, hurtful, injurious.

  5. (obsolete)Deserving of blame or punishment; blameworthy, guilty.

  6. (obsolete)Under the authority or power of someone; subject, subordinate; hence, deferential, submissive, subservient.

  7. (obsolete)Followed by to: likely to do something.

More definitions
  • causing disapproval or protest

Examples

107 sentences
  1. Tom is just as obnoxious as Mary is.

    Том такий же нестерпний, як і Мері.

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  2. Tom is really obnoxious, isn't he?

    ruТом очень неприятный человек, да?

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  3. Tom is quite obnoxious, isn't he?

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  4. Tom said I was being obnoxious.

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  5. I know that Tom is obnoxious.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious:
Русский
By meaning 1
extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin obnoxiōsus.

Learned borrowing from Latin obnoxiōsus.

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Forms

more obnoxious, most obnoxious
Comparativemore obnoxious Lesson
Superlativemost obnoxious Lesson

regular

Synonyms

60 synonyms

Antonyms

10 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • loud and obnoxious
  • being being obnoxious
  • is very obnoxious

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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