obnoxious

/əb'nɔkʃəs/

Thân thiện

A loud and obnoxious person talks on their phone in a quiet library.

Definition

1. 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.

Examples of Usage

• 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.

Advanced Usage

• "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.

Variants and Related Words

• 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.

Synonyms

• 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.

Antonyms

• Pleasant: giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment.
• Agreeable: enjoyable and pleasurable; pleasant.
• Likeable: (of a person) pleasant and easy to like.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "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.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. causing disapproval or protest
   • a vulgar and objectionable person

Từ đồng nghĩa

• objectionable