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obnoxiousextremely unpleasant, offensive, or annoying

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: extremely unpleasant, offensive, or annoying

Pronunciation (IPA): /əbˈnɑːkʃəs/

Korean meaning: 매우 불쾌하고 기분 나쁜, 혐오스러운

Korean pronunciation: 업-녹-셔스 (강세: 녹)

Example Sentences

  • The influencer's obnoxious habit of filming everything made the restaurant staff uncomfortable.
  • His obnoxious bragging about his new car lasted the entire evening.
  • The obnoxious neighbor plays loud music every night until 3 AM.

obnoxious

ADJECTIVE

//əbˈnɑːkʃəs//

extremely unpleasant, offensive, or annoying

obnoxious concept
💡 Concept

Extremely unpleasant and annoying behavior

obnoxious mnemonic english
🧠 Mnemonic

Ob sprays noxious fumes — extremely obnoxious and offensive!

obnoxious rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Stay calm in noxious air, while others remain anxious with care!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/əbˈnɑːkʃəs/
🇬🇧 UK/əbˈnɒkʃəs/

🌳Etymology

Prefixob--
Rootnox
Suffix--ious

Origin

From Latin 'obnoxius' meaning 'exposed to harm or liable to' (ob- meaning 'toward' + noxius meaning 'harmful'), which evolved to mean 'offensive' or 'objectionable' in English by the 16th century.

🎵Rhyme

noxiousanxious
noxious
anxious

🔗Collocations

obnoxious behavior
obnoxious person
obnoxious smell
obnoxious attitude
find someone obnoxious

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

The influencer's obnoxious habit of filming everything made the restaurant staff uncomfortable.

His obnoxious bragging about his new car lasted the entire evening.

The obnoxious neighbor plays loud music every night until 3 AM.

She found his obnoxious jokes about her cooking quite offensive.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

offensivedisgustingrepulsiverevoltingloathsome

Antonyms

pleasantagreeabledelightful

Related

annoyingirritatingunpleasantrude

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