obnoxious

Meaning

1. Extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious.
2. Unjustly disagreeable, argumentative or objectionable; brazenly rude.
3. (archaic, obsolete) Exposed or vulnerable to something, especially harm or injury.
4. (obsolete) Causing harm or injury; harmful, hurtful, injurious.
5. (obsolete) Deserving of blame or punishment; blameworthy, guilty.
6. (obsolete) Under the authority or power of someone; subject, subordinate; hence, deferential, submissive, subservient.
7. (obsolete) Followed by to: likely to do something.

Opposite of

unobnoxious, annoying, unpleasant

Synonyms

odious

repugnant

abominable

offensive

abhorrent

hateful

nasty

loathsome

unpleasant

objectionable

repulsive

distasteful

foul

detestable

disagreeable

disgusting

execrable

insufferable

obscene

repellent

revolting

vile

dire

hideous

horrible

horrid

hurtful

icky

improper

inconsistent

off-putting

intolerable

invidious

loath

deathly

lousy

maddening

deadly

nauseous

nefarious

noisome

dark

unlikable

beastly

awful

pestiferous

piggish

poisonous

provoking

rebarbative

Translations

odieux

desagradable

désagréable

αποκρουστικός

molesto

ennuyeux

anstößig

iğrenç

μισητός

widerlich

odioso

onaangenaam

unausstehlich

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əbˈnɒkʃəs/

Etymology

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).