obnoxious

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

from Latin ob (toward) + noxia (hurt, injury, damage)

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• IPA: /ɑbˈnɑːkʃəs/

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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.

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