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Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin obnoxiōsus (“hurtful, injurious, dangerous”), from obnoxius (“punishable; liable to danger”), from ob (“against; facing”) + noxia (“hurt, injury, damage”).
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Adjective [edit]
obnoxious (comparative more obnoxious, superlative most obnoxious)
- Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.
- He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man.
- Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your obnoxious behaviour.
- (archaic) exposed to harm or injury.
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, page 26,
- To begin then with his Experiment of the burning Wood, it seems to me to be obnoxious to not a few considerable Exceptions.
Translations [edit]
offensive, very annoying
- Arabic:
- Arabic: (مزعجة، هجومة، بغيضة، أو ذميمة) مزعج، هجوم، بغيض، أو ذميم (ar) (Muz'ij, Hajoom, Bagheedh, or Dhameem)
- Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 討厭 (cmn), 讨厌 (cmn) (tǎoyàn), 煩人 (cmn), 烦人 (cmn) (fánrén)
- Dutch: vervelend (nl), onuitstaanbaar (nl), onaangenaam (nl), weerzinwekkend (nl)
- Finnish: ärsyttävä (fi), sietämätön (fi), vastenmielinen (fi), inhottava (fi)
- French: ennuyeux (fr), odieux (fr), désagréable (fr)
- Galician: obnóxio (gl)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: widerlich (de)
- Greek: αποκρουστικός (el) (apokroustikós)
- Hungarian: ellenszenves (hu)
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- Ilocano: Kabi-bwisit, Pasal-sali
- Italian: odioso (it), detestabile (it), ripugnante (it)
- Japanese: 忌まわしい (ja) (いまわしい, imawashii), 嫌 (ja) (いや, iya)
- Malayalam: വെറുപ്പിക്കുന്ന (veruppikkunna)
- Norwegian: ufyselig (no), utålelig (no)
- Polish: wstrętny, nieznośny, obraźliwy, okropny, przykry
- Portuguese: insuportável (pt), desagradável (pt)
- Romanian: respingător (ro), insuportabil (ro), grețos (ro), neplăcut (ro), dezagreabil (ro)
- Russian: отвратительный (ru) (otvratítelʹnyj), омерзительный (ru) (omerzítelʹnyj)
- Serbo-Croatian: odbojan (sh), odvratan (sh), odiozan (sh)
- Spanish: desagradable (es) m and f, detestable (es) m and f, odioso (es) m, odiosa (es) f, inhalagüeño (es) m
- Tagalog: Nakakainis, Istorbo, Sampitaw, Sawsaw
- Turkish: iğrenç (tr)
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