obnoxious

English

Alternative forms

• obnoctious (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin obnoxiōsus (“hurtful, injurious, dangerous”), from obnoxius (“punishable; liable to danger”), from ob (“against; facing”) + noxia (“hurt, injury, damage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑbˈnɑːkʃəs/

Adjective

obnoxious (comparative more obnoxious, superlative most obnoxious)

1. Very annoying, offensive, odious or contemptible.

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

2. (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

very annoying

Arabic: Arabic: (مزعجة، هجومة، بغيضة، أو ذميمة) مزعج، هجوم، بغيض، أو ذميم (ar) (Muz'ij, Hajoom, Bagheedh, or Dhameem) Chinese: Mandarin: 討厭 (zh), 讨厌 (zh) (tǎoyàn), 煩人 (zh), 烦人 (zh) (fánrén) Dutch: vervelend (nl), onuitstaanbaar (nl), onaangenaam (nl) Finnish: ärsyttävä (fi), sietämätön (fi), vastenmielinen (fi), inhottava (fi) French: ennuyeux (fr), odieux (fr), désagréable (fr) Galician: obnóxio (gl) German: unausstehlich Hungarian: ellenszenves (hu) Ilocano: Kabi-bwisit, Pasal-sali

Italian: odioso (it), detestabile (it), ripugnante (it) Malayalam: വെറുപ്പിക്കുന്ന (veruppikkunna) Norwegian: ufyselig (no), utålelig (no) Polish: wstrętny, nieznośny, obraźliwy, okropny, przykry Portuguese: insuportável (pt), desagradável (pt) Russian: оскорбительный (ru) 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. Tagalog: Nakakainis, Istorbo, Sampitaw, Sawsaw Turkish: iğrenç (tr)