Obnoxious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Very annoying or objectionable; offensive or odious: "I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution” ( Ulysses S. Grant).
  • adj. Archaic Exposed to harm, injury, or evil: "The town ... now lies obnoxious to its foes” ( John Bunyan).
  • adj. Archaic Deserving of or liable to censure.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Very annoying, offensive, odious or contemptible.
  • adj. exposed to harm or injury.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with to.
  • adj. Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy.
  • adj. Very offensive; odious; hateful
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Liable: subject; exposed, as to harm, injury, or punishment: generally with to: as, obnoxious to blame or to criticism.
  • Justly liable to punishment; hence, guilty; reprehensible; censurable.
  • Offensive; odious; hateful.
  • In law, vulnerable; amenable: with to: as, an indefinite allegation in pleading is obnoxious to a motion, but not generally to a demurrer.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. causing disapproval or protest
    • Equivalent
    offensive   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    subject    liable    exposed    answerable    amenable   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    noxious   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    annoy    objectionable    disagreeable    arrogant    hateful   
     
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