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Obnoxious

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Adjective

1. objectionable, obnoxious

causing disapproval or protest

Example Sentences:
'a vulgar and objectionable person'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Obnoxious

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adjective
1. 
extremely unpleasant
2. obsolete
exposed to harm, injury, etc

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Obnoxious

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adjective
1.  Originally
a. 
exposed or liable to injury, evil, or harm
b. 
liable to punishment; censurable
2. 
very unpleasant; objectionable; offensive

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Obnoxious

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adj.
1. Very annoying or objectionable; offensive or odious: "I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution" (Ulysses S. Grant).
2. Archaic Exposed or subject to harm, injury, or evil: "Those who are most obnoxious to punishment will flee from the country" (George Washington).
3. Archaic Deserving of or liable to censure.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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