# obnoxious

Pronunciation: US say "uhb-NAHK-shuhs" /əbˈnɑkʃəs/; UK say "uhb-NOK-shuhs" /əbˈnɒkʃəs/

## Adjective

1. Extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, or worthy of contempt or hatred.
   - Simple: Very unpleasant, annoying, or offensive.
   - _The neighbors' obnoxious leaf blower starts up at seven every Saturday morning._
   - _Voters threw out the council members who had passed the obnoxious new parking tax._
2. Of a person: disagreeable, argumentative, or objectionable without good reason; brazenly rude.
   - Simple: Of a person: rude, loud, or hard to deal with for no good reason.
   - _The most obnoxious fan in the section heckled the players for nine straight innings._
   - _She's smart, but she can be obnoxious in meetings, arguing with every point just to win._

## Adjective

3. Causing harm or injury; harmful or hurtful. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Causing harm or hurt.
   - _Floodwater carrying salt from the sea proved obnoxious to the farms along the coast._
   - _The new weed is obnoxious to native plants, smothering them wherever it spreads._
4. Subject or liable to something, particularly harm or injury; unprotected against it. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Open to something bad, such as harm, and easily hurt by it.
   - _Fruit trees that bloom early are obnoxious to late frosts._
   - _Soldiers camped in the open were obnoxious to every change in the weather._
5. Deserving blame or punishment; guilty or blameworthy. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Guilty, and deserving to be blamed or punished.
6. Under the authority or power of someone; subject or subordinate, and hence deferential or submissive. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Under someone's power, and so quick to obey them.
7. Followed by to and a verb: likely or inclined to do something. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Likely to do something, used with to and a verb.

## Origin

A learned borrowing from Latin obnoxiōsus (“subject to someone, under someone's authority”) + the English suffix -ous. Obnoxiōsus is derived from obnoxius (“guilty, punishable; subject to someone, under someone's authority”) + -ōsus (“full of; overly; prone to”).

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