obnoxious.
Extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious.
Meaning & usage
Extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious.
Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your obnoxious behaviour.
Unjustly disagreeable, argumentative or objectionable; brazenly rude.
He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man.
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *neḱ-der. Latin noxa Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin obnoxi(us) Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin obnoxiōsuslbor. English obnoxious Learned borrowing from Latin obnoxiōsus.
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