obnoxious
extremely unpleasant or objectionable in behavior or character
Word origin: From Latin obnoxiosus, exposed to harm.
Obnoxious in a sentence
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His obnoxious behavior at the dinner table embarrassed everyone present.
The panel's most obnoxious participant interrupted every speaker and dismissed each reply with a sneer.
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The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.
Using “obnoxious” well
Obnoxious means extremely unpleasant or objectionable in behavior, provoking strong dislike. An older, now rare sense means exposed to harm, which can mislead in archaic texts.
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