obnoxious
- Adjective:
- Extremely unpleasant, offensive, or annoying: "obnoxious" describes something or someone that is very disagreeable, causing strong feelings of dislike or irritation.
- Objectionable or liable to cause disapproval: It refers to behavior, qualities, or things that are likely to provoke protest or censure from others.
- Adjective:
- His obnoxious behavior at the party drove several guests away.
- The advertisement used an obnoxiously loud and repetitive jingle.
- She found his constant bragging to be utterly obnoxious.
"to be obnoxious to someone": to be highly offensive or unpleasant to a specific person.
- His patronizing tone was particularly obnoxious to the experienced staff.
Used to intensify with adverbs: Often modified by adverbs like "highly," "particularly," "utterly," or "incredibly" to emphasize the degree.
- The critic wrote a highly obnoxious review of the film.
Obnoxiously (adverb): in an extremely unpleasant or offensive manner.
- He laughed obnoxiously during the solemn ceremony.
Obnoxiousness (noun): the quality of being extremely unpleasant or offensive.
- The obnoxiousness of the comment stunned everyone into silence.
- Offensive: causing someone to feel deeply hurt, upset, or angry.
- Repellent: causing intense distaste or disgust.
- Odious: extremely unpleasant; repulsive.
- Insufferable: too extreme to bear; intolerable.
- Pleasant: giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment.
- Agreeable: enjoyable and pleasurable; pleasant.
- Likeable: (of a person) pleasant and easy to like.
"An obnoxious little...": A common collocation used to describe a person, especially a child or someone perceived as immature, who is very annoying. (Note: This is a descriptive phrase, not a fixed idiom).
- The obnoxious little brat kept kicking the back of my seat.
"To make oneself obnoxious": to behave in a way that causes others to find one extremely unpleasant.
- He made himself obnoxious by constantly interrupting the speaker.
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causing disapproval or protest
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a vulgar and objectionable person
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