Definitions for: Obnoxious


[adj] causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ob*nox"ious ([o^]b*n[o^]k"sh[u^]s), a. [L. obnoxius;
ob (see Ob-) + noxius hurtful. See Noxious.]
1. Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with
to.

The writings of lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to
their particular laws. --Bacon.

Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public
than to be obnoxious to any private purse. --Milton.

Obnoxious, first or last, To basest things --Milton.

2. Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible;
blameworthy. ``The contrived and interested schemes of . .
. obnoxious authors.'' --Bp. Fell.

All are obnoxious, and this faulty land, Like
fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your
scepter. --Waller.

3. Offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a
minister obnoxious to the Whigs. --Burke. --
Ob*nox"ious*ly, adv. -- Ob*nox"ious*ness, n. --South.

Synonyms: objectionable, offensive, unpleasant

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