ob|nox´ious|ness

ob|nox´ious|ness
ob|nox|ious «uhb NOK shuhs», adjective.
1. very disagreeable; offensive; hateful: »

His disgusting manners at the table made him obnoxious to us. Persons obnoxious to the government were frequently imprisoned without any other authority than a royal order (Macaulay). It should be as easy to expel an obnoxious thought from your mind as shake a stone out of your shoe (Edward Carpenter).

 SYNONYM(S): objectionable. See syn. under hateful. (Cf. ↑hateful)
2. Archaic. exposed or liable to harm, injury, or evil: »

Made hereby obnoxious more To all the miseries of life (Milton).

3. Obsolete. a) harmful; injurious. b) liable to punishment or censure.
╂[< Latin obnoxiōsus (with English -ous) ultimately < ob- against + noxa injury < nocēre to harm]
–ob|nox´ious|ly, adverb.
–ob|nox´ious|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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