obnoxious

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin obnoxiōsus (“subject to someone, under someone’s authority”) + English -ous (suffix denoting the presence of a quality in any degree, typically an abundance). Obnoxiōsus is derived from obnoxius (“guilty, punishable; subject to someone, under someone’s authority”) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; overly; prone to’, forming adjectives from nouns). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈnɒkʃəs/, /ɒb-/ (General American) IPA(key): /əbˈnɑkʃəs/ Hyphenation: ob‧noxi‧ous === Adjective === obnoxious (comparative more obnoxious, superlative most obnoxious) Extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:annoying, Thesaurus:unpleasant Antonyms: unobnoxious; see also Thesaurus:pleasant (of a person) Unjustly disagreeable, argumentative or objectionable; brazenly rude. (archaic or obsolete) Exposed or vulnerable to something, especially harm or injury. (obsolete) Causing harm or injury; harmful, hurtful, injurious. Deserving of blame or punishment; blameworthy, guilty. Synonym: reprehensible Under the authority or power of someone; subject, subordinate; hence, deferential, submissive, subservient. Followed by to: likely to do something. ==== Alternative forms ==== obnoctious (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== innocent nocent noxious ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === annoyance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “obnoxious”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.