obnoxious
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
from Latin ob (toward) + noxia (hurt, injury, damage)
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɑbˈnɑːkʃəs/
[edit] Adjective
obnoxious (comparative more obnoxious, superlative most obnoxious)
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- Very annoying, offensive, odious or contemptible.
- 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.
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, page 26,
[edit] Translations
very annoying
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