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The synonyms of “Obnoxious” are: objectionable, disagreeable, irksome, troublesome, annoying, irritating, vexatious, displeasing, uncomfortable, distressing, nasty, horrible, appalling, terrible, awful, dreadful, hateful, detestable, miserable, abominable, execrable, odious, invidious, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, repellent, revolting, disgusting, distasteful, nauseating, unsavoury, unpalatable, ugly
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “obnoxious” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| abominable | Exceptionally bad or displeasing. Abominable workmanship. |
| annoying | Causing irritation or annoyance. Annoying habits. |
| appalling | Causing shock or dismay; horrific. The cat suffered appalling injuries during the attack. |
| awful | Inspiring reverential wonder or fear. This sea whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath. |
| detestable | Unequivocally detestable Edmund Burke. Detestable vices. |
| disagreeable | Not agreeing with your tastes or expectations. A disagreeable situation. |
| disgusting | Arousing revulsion or strong indignation. A disgusting smell. |
| displeasing | Causing annoyance or dissatisfaction; disagreeable. It was not entirely displeasing to be the centre of such a drama. |
| distasteful | Causing dislike or aversion; disagreeable or unpleasant. He found such cynicism distasteful. |
| distressing | Causing distress or worry or anxiety. Some very distressing news. |
| dreadful | Causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious. Dreadful manners. |
| execrable | Deserving a curse. Execrable crimes. |
| hateful | Evoking or deserving hatred. A hateful thing to do. |
| horrible | Very unpleasant. The tea tasted horrible. |
| invidious | (of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others. She d put herself in an invidious position. |
| irksome | So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. What an irksome task the writing of long letters is. |
| irritating | Serving to stimulate or excite. An irritating child. |
| miserable | (of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable. A miserable man in his late sixties. |
| nasty | Very bad or unpleasant. A nasty smell. |
| nauseating | Causing or able to cause nausea. Some nauseating sentimental ditty. |
| objectionable | Liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to. Found the politician s views objectionable. |
| odious | Unequivocally detestable- Edmund Burke. Odious hypocrisy. |
| offensive | Morally offensive. The allegations made are deeply offensive to us. |
| repellent | Causing disgust or distaste. A water repellent fabric. |
| repugnant | Extremely distasteful; unacceptable. Cannibalism seems repugnant to us. |
| repulsive | Arousing intense distaste or disgust. A repulsive force. |
| revolting | Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. There was a revolting smell that lingered in the air. |
| terrible | Very unskilful. I was sick all night and felt terrible for two days. |
| troublesome | Causing difficulty or annoyance. A troublesome infection. |
| uncomfortable | Causing or feeling slight pain or physical discomfort. An uncomfortable silence. |
| unpalatable | Not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind. An unpalatable meal. |
| unsavoury | Disagreeable to taste, smell, or look at. An unsavoury reputation. |
| vexatious | Denoting an action or the bringer of an action that is brought without sufficient grounds for winning, purely to cause annoyance to the defendant. The vexatious questions posed by software copyrights. |
| aggravating | Making worse. She found him thoroughly aggravating and unprofessional. |
| annoying | The act of troubling or annoying someone. Tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork. |
| bother | Make confused or perplexed or puzzled. It bothered me that I hadn t done anything. |
| bothersome | Causing irritation or annoyance. Aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport. |
| brassy | Resembling the sound of a brass instrument. Her brassy audacious exterior. |
| detestable | Unequivocally detestable Edmund Burke. Detestable vices. |
| disagreeable | Not to your liking. Aspects of his work are disagreeable to him. |
| displeasing | Causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities. Displeasing news. |
| drone | A musical instrument or part of one sounding a continuous note of low pitch in particular also drone pipe a pipe in a bagpipe or also drone string a string in an instrument such as a hurdy gurdy or a sitar. The drone rose by a third to A. |
| galling | Causing irritation or annoyance. Found it galling to have to ask permission. |
| irritate | Cause inflammation or other discomfort in (a part of the body. Irritate the glands of a leaf. |
| irritating | Causing irritation to a body part. The substance may be irritating to eyes and skin. |
| irritation | The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed. Some chemicals cause a direct irritation to the skin leading to dermatitis. |
| libelous | Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign. |
| nuisance | A person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance. It s a nuisance having all those people clomping through the house. |
| objectionable | Causing disapproval or protest. I find his theory objectionable in its racist undertones. |
| opprobrious | (of language) expressing scorn or criticism. Opprobrious remarks. |
| persiflage | Light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter. An air of persiflage. |
| pesky | Causing irritation or annoyance. A pesky mosquito. |
| pique | Cause to feel resentment or indignation. He left in a fit of pique. |
| repelling | Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. |
| ribald | A ribald person someone who uses vulgar and offensive language. He was delighted at the ribald laughter that greeted his witticism. |
| scurrilous | Humorously insulting. A very funny collection of bawdy and scurrilous writings. |
| teasing | Arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it. The parody was just a form of teasing. |
| tiresome | So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. The tiresome chirping of a cricket. |
| troublesome | Difficult to deal with. A troublesome infection. |
| unacceptable | Not adequate to give satisfaction. Unacceptable behaviour. |
| unpalatable | Not pleasant to taste. An unpalatable meal. |
| unsavory | Morally offensive. An unsavory reputation. |
| vexing | Causing irritation or annoyance. The most vexing questions for policymakers. |
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