Definition of obnoxious Obnoxious

/ɑbnɑˈkʃʌs/ - [abnakshus] - ob•nox•ious

We found 8 definitions of obnoxious from 5 different sources.

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What does obnoxious mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

obnoxious - causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"
  objectionable
  offensive unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • obnoxious (a.)
    Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with to.
  • obnoxious (a.)
    Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy.
  • obnoxious (a.)
    Offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • obnoxious
    Provoking hate, aversion, disaproval.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • 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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