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Obnoxious- Word of the day

Meaning:

odiously or disgustingly objectionable; highly offensive

History:

Obnoxious is derived from the latin word ‘Obnoxiosus’ which basically means harmful or injurious.While the modern meaning is offensive, hateful and highly objectionable.

Examples:

  1. Some of his colleagues say that he’s loud and obnoxious.
  2. When she’s in a bad mood she’s obnoxious to everyone.
  3. If you describe someone as obnoxious, you think that they are very unpleasant.
  4. One of the parents was an obnoxious character. No-one liked him. 
  5. The people at my table were so obnoxious I simply had to change my seat
  6. The two men she worked for were brothers, both loud and obnoxious.

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