Question 1 · Quick check
obnoxious
CEFRB2
/əbˈnɒkʃəs/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Very unpleasant and annoying to other people.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailExposed or vulnerable to something, especially harm or injury.
Examples
Lawyers and real estate agents are rich or obnoxious.
Tom was rude and obnoxious.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /ɒb-/
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsUnjustly disagreeable, argumentative or objectionable; brazenly rude.
Extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious.
Causing harm or injury; harmful, hurtful, injurious.
More examples
In contextHe was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man.
Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your obnoxious behaviour.
For my part, thumb-marks [in books] I find very obnoxious—far more so than the spoiling of the binding.
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Origin
adjective
PIE word *h₁epi Learned borrowing from Latin obnoxiōsus (“subject to someone, under someone’s authority”) + English -ous (suffix denoting the presence of a quality in any degree, typically an abundance). Obnoxiōsus is derived from obnoxius (“guilty, punishable; subject to someone, under someone’s authority”) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; overly; prone to’, forming adjectives from nouns).