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    [Adjective]  | "ob*nox*ious" | \ äb-ˈnäk-shəs \


    1: odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive

    2: exposed to something unpleasant or harmful —used with to

    3: deserving of censure


    Origin: 1597 ;

     Latin obnoxius "under obligation, subservient, liable, exposed to, vulnerable" (of uncertain origin) + {see: |-ous|-ous};

      * Note : Latin obnoxius has traditionally been taken to be a parasynthetic derivative from the phrase ob noxiam "due to wrongdoing, on account of bad behavior" (see: {noxious|noxious}), but this explanation does not account for the primary senses of the word. Ernout and Meillet (Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine) take -noxius as a desiderative derivative from the base of nancīscī "to acquire" (see: {enough:1|enough:1}), parallel to anxius "worried"/angere "to strangle, distress" (see: {anxious|anxious}), alsius "liable to injury from cold"/algēre "to be cold." The English sense "objectionable" is probably due to influence of {noxious|noxious} and its etymon, Latin noxius.;

    [Adjective]  | "obnoxious" 


    1: causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment;


      * e.g., " ... the obnoxious disc jockey caused many listeners to call the station with complaints "





    2: provoking or likely to provoke protest;


      * e.g., " ... an obnoxious comment for which there should be an immediate apology "





     [ "Obnoxious" ]

    1: Annoying or objectionable due to being a showoff by attracting unnecessary attention to oneself

      * e.g.,  ... “Yo man, that girl Piper, is obnoxious.” 

     [ "Obnoxious" ]

    1: (adj) means annoying in a particularly vulgar and cheeky way. To be rude, insulting, and offensive. It is often used to refer to something intentionally oversized or intentionally offensively loud. Bragging is considered obnoxious, as is intentionally disregarding a rule. Showing off your disregard for a rule or order. Being blatantly disrespectful of social norms and those who would enforce them.

      * e.g.,  ... I tried to tell nim to turn down his music so i could sleep and that obnoxious asshole stared me in the face while he turned it up, i almost killed him. 

     [ "Obnoxious" ]

    1: People who are overly loud, sometimes offensive, & almost always irritating; will give you the compulsion to tear your own ears off to shove them down their throat.

      * e.g.,  ... Johnny was being so obnoxious, his own mother pretended not to know him. 

     [ "obnoxious" ]

    1: the kind of people u wanna shoot in the head..

      * e.g.,  ... i wanna shoot my friend's obnoxious bf 

     [ "Obnoxious" ]

    1: Annoying; Pesky; Pain in the neck; Bothersome

      * e.g.,  ... Anthony is so Obnoxious! He never shuts up, I can't get any work done! 

     [ "obnoxious" ]

    1: annoying/demanding

      * e.g.,  ... My sister is obnoxious 

     [ "obnoxious" ]

    1: –adjective

      * e.g.,  ... I sit next to an obnoxious person that always farts. He's lactose intolerant, that's why. 


     [ "obnoxious" ]

    2:  highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior.


     [ "obnoxious" ]

    3:  annoying or objectionable due to being a showoff or attracting undue attention to oneself: an obnoxious little brat.


     [ "obnoxious" ]

    4:  Archaic. exposed or liable to harm, evil, or anything objectionable.


     [ "obnoxious" ]

    5:  Obsolete. liable to punishment or censure; reprehensible.

     [ "Obnoxious" ]

    1: insulting vulgar and rude, someone who adds insult to injury by blatantly disregarding social rules or customs. vulgar, oversized or offensively loud cheeky, one who parades their non compliance and brags about disrespecting those in charge

      * e.g.,  ... that obnoxious lady went on about how much she loves her hair in front of all those bald cancer kids he drives an obnoxious car the size of my house i just told him to stop going in my room and i walk in five seconds later and he's in there reading my friggin diary he's sitting on a box that says fragile and its clearly gettting crushed under his weight, but he doesn't give a shit 

     [ "Obnoxious" ]

    1: To be in your face all the time and overly loud and maybe sometimes over dramatic.

      * e.g.,  ... My friend Kaci is obnoxious. 

     [ "Obnoxious" ]

    1: Extremely arrogant and big headed Sebbeth or Sebster often refers to himself as a God. Do you not know who he is!?

      * e.g.,  ... Seb- " Do you know who i am?" 

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