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obnoxious

/əbˈnɒkʃəs/
Meanings
  • adjective

    Extremely irritating or offensive to others; causing annoyance, displeasure, or disgust.

    - "His constant interruptions during the meeting were obnoxious."
    - "The obnoxious smell of the garbage filled the room."
    - "The obnoxious behavior of the children made it difficult for the teacher to maintain order in the classroom."
Pronunciation
  1. /əbˈnɒkʃəs/



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Rhymes
Words rhyming with obnoxious
boxious , nosyous , posyous
Variants
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obnoxious , obnoxiously , obnoxiousness , obnoxiousnesses
Forms
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obnoxiousness, obnoxiously

Etymology
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obnoxious comes from the Latin word obnoxios, meaning exposed or vulnerable, but it took on the modern meaning of irritating or offensive during the late 16th century.

Trivia
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  1. Obnoxious was originally used to mean 'exposed' or 'vulnerable'.

  2. The word obnoxious has been used in various forms of literature, including Shakespeare's Hamlet and Dickens' Bleak House.

Related Concepts
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  1. rudeness: Obnoxious behavior is often considered rude, and rudeness can lead to social conflict and damage relationships.

  2. intolerance: Obnoxious behavior can also stem from intolerance, such as intolerance of differences in race, gender, or beliefs.

Quotes
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  1. Let's get right into it. The title of your book, {it}Why We Suck{/it}, is pretty "obnoxious". Are we really that bad?

    - Rachel Deahl,{it}Boston Globe{/it},30 Nov. 2008

  2. Now that many large cities are surrounded by Stygian fields of concrete tedium, urban sprawl looks like an "obnoxious" side effect of prosperity and decline.

    - Graham Robb,{it}The Discovery of France{/it},2007

  3. The teller's eyes widened as a customer poured thousands of pennies onto the counter, an intentionally "obnoxious" way to pay a high heating bill.

    - Erik Eckholm,{it}New York Times{/it},26 June 2006

  4. "Not to sound "obnoxious", but this downturn could be good for us," says Max Levchin, founder and CEO of Slide, in San Francisco. "Some of our competitors are going to go out of business."

    - Daniel Lyons,{it}Newsweek{/it},20 Oct. 2008
Culture
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Obnoxious behavior has been portrayed in various forms of literature, music, and art. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan is described as an obnoxious character who bullies and manipulates those around him.

How to Memorize "obnoxious"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize someone making a face or body language that expresses irritation or annoyance to help remember the meaning of obnoxious.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word obnoxious with the feeling of being irritated or annoyed to help remember its meaning.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: O - offensive, B - bothersome, N - nasty, O - objectionable, X - extreme, I - irritating, O - offensive, U - unpleasant, S - sensitive, I - intolerable.

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