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Back then, I could be as obnoxious as I liked and people would still come back for more, they had to, I was Benjamin Cohen, the Dot Com sensation.
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Meaning of "obnoxious" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OBNOXIOUS

From Latin obnoxius, from ob- to + noxa injury, from nocēre to harm.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OBNOXIOUS

obnoxious  [əbˈnɒkʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBNOXIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Obnoxious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OBNOXIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

obnoxious

Annoyance

Annoyance is an unpleasant mental state that is characterized by such effects as irritation and distraction from one's conscious thinking. It can lead to emotions such as frustration and anger. The property of being easily annoyed is called irritability.

Definition of obnoxious in the English dictionary

The definition of obnoxious in the dictionary is extremely unpleasant. Other definition of obnoxious is exposed to harm, injury, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OBNOXIOUS


anxious
ˈæŋkʃəs
compunctious
kəmˈpʌŋkʃəs
contradictious
ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃəs
factious
ˈfækʃəs
fractious
ˈfrækʃəs
infectious
ɪnˈfɛkʃəs
innoxious
ɪˈnɒkʃəs
noninfectious
ˌnɒnɪnˈfekʃəs
noxious
ˈnɒkʃəs
overanxious
ˌəʊvərˈæŋkʃəs
rambunctious
ræmˈbʌŋkʃəs
ructious
ˈrʌkʃəs
rumbunctious
rʌmˈbʌŋkʃəs
unanxious
ʌnˈæŋkʃəs
unobnoxious
ʌnəbˈnɒkʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OBNOXIOUS

obliviously
obliviousness
obliviscence
oblong
oblongly
obloquial
obloquies
obloquy
obmutescence
obmutescent
obnoxiously
obnoxiousness
obnubilate
obnubilation
obo
oboe
oboe d´amore
oboe da caccia
oboist
obol

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBNOXIOUS

ambitious
conscious
curious
furious
glorious
hilarious
luxurious
mysterious
notorious
obvious
precious
prestigious
previous
prolixious
religious
serious
spacious
suspicious
various
vicious

Synonyms and antonyms of obnoxious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OBNOXIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «obnoxious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of obnoxious

Translation of «obnoxious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OBNOXIOUS

Find out the translation of obnoxious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of obnoxious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «obnoxious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不愉快的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

detestable
570 millions of speakers

English

obnoxious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अप्रिय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بَغِيضٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

несносный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antipático
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আপত্তিকর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

odieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menjengkelkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abscheulich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

気にさわる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불쾌한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Obnoxious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rất khó chịu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அருவருப்பான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नकोसा वाटणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iğrenç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sgradevole
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przykry
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неприємний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

insuportabil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντιπαθητικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onaangenaam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

outhärdlig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avskyelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of obnoxious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBNOXIOUS»

The term «obnoxious» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.052 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OBNOXIOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «obnoxious» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «obnoxious» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about obnoxious

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10 QUOTES WITH «OBNOXIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word obnoxious.
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Billie Joe Armstrong
I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
2
Andrea Barber
My character was obnoxious, had stinky feet and wore things like purple tights and a yellow top. I hated the clothes.
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Leo Burnett
Fun without sell gets nowhere but sell without fun tends to become obnoxious.
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Mario Cantone
I'm crass, contemptuous and crude, obstreperous, obnoxious, rambunctiously raw and rude.
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Benjamin Cohen
Back then, I could be as obnoxious as I liked and people would still come back for more, they had to, I was Benjamin Cohen, the Dot Com sensation.
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Chris Colfer
I grew up in a conservative small town, and the gay characters I saw on TV and in movies when I was growing up were all flamboyant and obnoxious and sometimes kind of annoying.
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Bill de Blasio
I think you can be smart and directed and focused, without being obnoxious, and get plenty done.
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Britt Daniel
There was a very obnoxious phase for Axl Rose. I'm sure if I had experienced as much success as he had, I would probably be a third as obnoxious. I'd probably be obnoxious, too. But not that much.
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William Feather
Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
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Tavi Gevinson
If I'm extremely bored and I don't have a book with me and I'm being an obnoxious teenager, I'll read 'BuzzFeed' on my phone. But even that just leaves me feeling icky because I think for some reason my comfort zone is to just not really be in the loop about stuff like awards shows or things like that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBNOXIOUS»

Discover the use of obnoxious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to obnoxious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Obnoxious Jerks
High school sophomore Frank Wess relates his experiences as a member of the Obnoxious Jerks, an elite body dedicated to exposing both official and unofficial stupidity.
Stephen Manes, 1990
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Butt Kicker: An Obnoxious Tail
Butt Kicker illustrates the problem in an informative and humorous way. The term "butt kicker" is derived from the actual prancing and self-rump-kicking antics of the child of a well-known political figure at a public political rally.
Georgi S. Blake, 2009
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Profound Obnoxious Eccentric Mesmerising Sayings
memoirs of our broken dreams a naked realism born from the loins of a surreal sanctuary the emotions of perceptions from a pillarless society, crumbling as it evolves far from expectation, reactions to modern mayhem as it works pain into an ...
N. Papayiannis, 2011
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Obnoxious Librarian from Hades
That quickly led to the idea of creating some sort of obnoxious librarian character that would trigger reactions. That brainwave went around in my brain and that same night I scribbled some notes for ideas. Then life got in the way and I forgot ...
Dennie Heye, 2008
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Purpose Clauses: Syntax, Thematics, and Semantics of English ...
(33) John is being obnoxious. (33) has only the intentional interpretation, as would be expected if the intentional nature of the predication were mediated by two essentially different bes. In (33), obnoxious must be governed by a be that ...
Charles Jones, 1991
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Location, Transport and Land-Use: Modelling Spatial-Temporal ...
The opposite of each of these criteria constitutes an appropriate way for locating obnoxious facilities. The max-sum or antimedian model places the facility as far away from the average customer as possible. The max-min or anticenter model ...
Yupo Chan, 2005
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New Trends in Mathematical Programming: Homage to Steven Vajda
Recently, also negative weights have been considered, notably within the context of locating so-called obnoxious facilities. Investigations of models comprising both positive and negative weights, however, seem to be rather virgin territory.
S. Vajda, F. Giannessi, Sándor Komlósi, 1998
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Rationality and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Legacy of ...
And by awful you mean that it's more than 100 percent obnoxious – it's 101 percent or 110 percent obnoxious. Any Martian could tell you, assuming that they are not as crazy as we, that these are magicalhypotheses – they have no evidence ...
Michael E. Bernard, 2010
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LATIN 2002: Theoretical Informatics: 5th Latin American ...
Full details can be found in [Wan01]. In Section 2 and 3 we present improved algorithms for locating an obnoxious facility and a desirable facility in a simple polygonal region, respectively, under Euclidean distance. Both our algorithms run in ...
Sergio Rajsbaum, 2002
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The Oriental Herald
That is a matter of opinion only : but a reference to the letter itself will show that it did not contain a tingle paragraph that was not strictly confined to a refutation of Dr. Bryce's calumnies. ..fldly.rrrlt contained "obnoxious" reflections upon other ...
‎1825

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBNOXIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term obnoxious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mr. Obnoxious outdoes himself
At the very start of Donald Trump's farcical presidential campaign, he did the rival Democratic Party a great favor by tarnishing the entire ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
2
Loud & Obnoxious Ravers Cause Trouble On A Flight To Ibiza
You've had this happen to you: you're on the plane, relaxing and acting all cool, and some snotnosed little kid sits behind you and starts kicking ... «Your EDM, Jul 15»
3
Cardale Jones gave an obnoxious Ohio State fan the Twitter …
Here is Cardale Jones expressing some thoughtful, nuanced sentiments on Twitter after the death of Sandra Bland: ... «SB Nation, Jul 15»
4
Obnoxious Racist Woman Belittles Parking Attendant In NYC [NSFW]
A cell-phone video showing a young woman demeaning a parking attendant at a New York City garage in the worst possible way is going viral. «Carscoops, Jul 15»
5
'Obnoxious' employee wants to avoid friendly coworkers
Dear Amy: I work at a place where we have to foster relationships with people. We're supposed to create a family atmosphere, be welcoming, ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»
6
Obnoxious, who me?
I admit it, I am one of the people who refers to Messrs Cameron and Osbourne as posh toffs. I believe that both these terms are accurate ... «The Star, Jul 15»
7
Obnoxious name-calling
Rather they are the Left and its supporters being their usual obnoxious selves. Thankfully the electorate have never bought into this “us versus ... «The Star, Jul 15»
8
'Drunk, loud, obnoxious, spewing F-bombs' -- spoiling the Saintly fun!
Unfortunately "Fun Is Good" is not true for everyone attending, thanks to obnoxious season-ticket holders. In our last two games attended (last ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Jul 15»
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The professionalization of (obnoxious) youth sports parents
As noted previously in this space, I coached youth baseball for 8 years, before my oldest unaccountably decided he couldn't hit the curveball ... «LancasterOnline, Jul 15»
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Obnoxious Rockford police vehicle to stand sentinel in high-crime …
ROCKFORD — Police officers can't stand in one place all day discouraging illicit activity. A new Rockford Police Department vehicle can. «Rockford Register Star, Jul 15»

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