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obnoxious

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Obnoxious  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  obnoxious 
  adj  :  causing  disapproval  or  protest;  "a  vulgar  and  objectionable 
  person"  [syn:  {objectionable},  {unpleasant}]




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