obnoxiousadj.

Brit.

/əbˈnɒkʃəs/,

/ɒbˈnɒkʃəs/, U.S.

/əbˈnɑkʃəs/

Forms: 1500s– obnoxious, 1600s obnoctious, 1600s obnoxius, 1800s obnoxshus (U.S. regional and nonstandard), 1800s obnoxyus (U.S. regional and nonstandard).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin obnoxiōsus.

Etymology: < classical Latin obnoxiōsus subject, subordinate < obnoxius exposed to harm, liable, answerable, submissive, subject to punishment ( < ob- ob- prefix + noxa hurt, injury (see noxious adj.) + -ius , suffix forming adjectives) + -ōsus -ous suffix.In senses 4 and 5 probably immediately after noxious adj.

a. Liable, subject, exposed, or open to a thing (esp. something actually or possibly harmful). (The usual sense before the 19th cent.) Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > able or liable to be affected

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susceptive1637

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subjectiblea1732

vacant1751

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susceptible1883

impressionable1889

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable

openeOE

subjectc1384

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opportunea1500

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wide open?1544

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assailable1589

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abnoxious1611

woundable1611

obnoxious1612

speeding1612

infectible1634

sufferable1651

attackable1656

vulnerable1678

prejudicial1682

threatenable1841

doable1849

infectable1860

1572 R. Harrison tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes i. x. 4 No kinde of men are more obnoxious to these kinde of things.

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man Proeme sig. Biij They would not be able to hold their bowes, or cast their darts, for losenes of their ioints, through slippery humors so obnoxious to luxation.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxxi. 267 Whom..they wold..make obnoxious to what punishment themselues list.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. iii. ii. 49 The finest wits..are before others obnoxious to it [sc. melancholy].

1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 93 Cover them with Fearn or Straw, to secure them from the frosts, to which they are obnoxious [Fr. sujets].

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xi. 102 Being thus obnoxious to fallacy in our apprehensions.

1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 243 The Town of Mansoul..now lyes obnoxious to its foes.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 441. ¶2 We are obnoxious to so many Accidents.

1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. i. 45 They render themselves obnoxious to the Justice of God.

1799 R. Glover Jason i. iii. 11 I am, indeed, obnoxious to disasters, And fortune's sport.

1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xiv. 154 That corporeal shape alike to pain Obnoxious as to pleasure.

1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. liv. 664 Obnoxious to general dislike.

1891 Law Times 91 406/2 A similar case, and is obnoxious to similar criticism.

1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience xi The impulse..is..far too immediate and spontaneous an expression of self-despair and anxiety to be obnoxious to any such reproach.

†b. Liable to do something. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [adjective] > liable

readyc1425

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predisposed1645

1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr iii. 118 Our corruption now is more obnoxious and apter to admitte and inuite such poysonous ingredients.

1643 Abp. Williams Let. in T. Carte Coll. Orig. Lett. Eng. 1641 to 1660 (1735) 254 His Majestie..soe obnoxious to be shaken and removed by variety of councills out of any settled resolution.

1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine: 2nd Pt. 49 The time of Youth is most Obnoxious to forget God.

a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) II. 72 They..were obnoxious to be taken up by every peevish sheriff or magistrate.

†c. Without to or infinitive. Liable or exposed to harm. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [adjective]

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scathefulc900

balefulOE

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scathela1300

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harmfula1340

grievous1340

ill1340

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noisomea1382

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damnablec1420

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contagiousc1440

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nuisable1483

nocible1490

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noxiousa1500

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tortious1532

pestilentious1533

nocive1538

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injurious1559

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baneful1579

incommodious1579

prejudicious1579

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nocumentous1644

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inimical1645

detrimentous1648

injuring1651

detrimental1656

inimicitial1656

nocumental1657

incommodous1677

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inimicable1805

violational1821

insalutary1836

detrimentary1841

wronging1845

unsalvatory1850

damaging1856

damnous1870

wack1986

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable

openeOE

subjectc1384

pregnablec1475

opportunea1500

casuala1535

wide open?1544

obnoxious1572

assailable1589

liable1593

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obnoxious1612

speeding1612

infectible1634

sufferable1651

attackable1656

vulnerable1678

prejudicial1682

threatenable1841

doable1849

infectable1860

1612 J. Donne Second Anniuersarie 16 in First Anniuersarie Thinke but how poore thou wast, how obnoxious, Whom a small lump of flesh could poison thus.

1682 Modest Enq. Election Sheriffs London 1 Were it not for the discharge of my duty..I should not so far expose and lay myself obnoxious, as I foresee I shall do.

1813 J. C. Eustace Tour through Italy I. xxv. 587 The inhabitants..would have been excusable if they had transferred the wreck of their property to some other less obnoxious quarter.

†2. Subject to the rule, power, or authority of another; answerable, amenable to some authority; dependent, subject; (hence) submissive, obsequious, deferential (to a person). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > [adjective]

underheilda1300

underlouta1300

underling?1370

subjecta1382

obeisantc1390

obedienta1398

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servient1606

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succumbent1647

ancillary1667

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heteronomousa1871

satellite1882

society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [adjective]

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prostratec1425

obtemperate?a1475

subjected1550

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submiss1570

submissive1572

yielding1578

obnoxious1591

subordinate1594

subjectly1596

yieldable1603

dejective1611

passive1616

awebound1631

succumbent1647

resigning1648

complaisant1676

ovine1676

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. ii. 86 The Generals being obnoxious [L. obnoxiis ducibus] & not daring to prohibit it.

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. ii. 75 One..of their owne creation, and therefore wholly obnoxious to them.

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iv. xiv. 124 Hans-Towns,..partly..free; and partly Provinciall, and obnoxious [Fr. sujettes].

a1658 J. Cleveland Rustick Rampant in Wks. (1687) 437 That Kings are only the Tenants of Heaven, obnoxious to God alone.

a1695 A. Wood Life (1891) I. 397 Most of them..being sneaking and obnoxious, they did run rather with the temper of the Warden than stand against him.

1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature v. 77 An existence that is not dependent upon or obnoxious to any other.

1754 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 72 Whether they are not obnoxious to the Association for preserving the Game.

†3. Open to punishment or censure; guilty, blameworthy, reprehensible. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [adjective]

shildyOE

sakeda1300

sakfula1300

culpable1303

faulty1380

plightya1400

defective1423

criminousa1460

criminal1489

wity1530

nocent1559

delinquent1584

faultful1591

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noxiousa1618

guiltful1655

society > authority > punishment > [adjective] > liable to or deserving of punishment

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punishable1429

obnoxious1604

society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [adjective]

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guiltful1655

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [adjective] > blameworthy

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1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Obnoxious, faultie, subiect to danger.

1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr xii. 353 The Doctrines of the Keyes..and all the ceremonies, which were the most obnoxious matters.

1642 Vindic. King p. ii It could make that obnoxious, which till this Parliament no man could ever call a fault.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 275 Our particular Persons were not obnoxious.

a1774 O. Goldsmith Misc. Wks. (1837) I. 535 A late work has appeared to us highly obnoxious in this respect.

1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. I. vi. 73 No wise republic ought to be satisfied, unless she bring to punishment the individual most obnoxious.

†4. Hurtful, injurious. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious

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scathefulc900

orneOE

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damaging1856

damnous1870

lethal1942

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 323 Crocodile..the most obnoxious of sea monsters.

1639 J. Woodall Treat. Gangrena in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 368 Cold ayre in time of sweating is obnoxious and dangerous.

1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 81 Unseasonable times of study are very obnoxious, as after meales.

1683 W. Salmon Doron Medicum ii. 587 Powerful in extirpating all obnoctious tumors.

5. Offensive, objectionable, odious, highly disagreeable. Now esp. (of a person): giving offence, acting objectionably; extremely unpleasant, highly dislikable. (Now the usual sense.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adjective]

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eileOE

andsetec1000

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vomitous1952

barfy1957

1646 H. Burton Truth, Still Truth 30 Truth may be obnoxious to many, but never noxious to any.

1675 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 318 A very obnoxious person; an ill neighbour; and given much to law sutes with any.

1680 C. F. Let. to Duke of Monmouth 2 To make them Loathsom and Obnoxious to the People.

a1742 T. Story Jrnl. of Life (1747) 196 He had only Leave to put down those Posts, to keep the Place in rememberance, till something further might be done, at a time when it might be less obnoxious.

1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. iii. 53 Strickland..had the presumption to move the obnoxious bill.

1841 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 69 Carlyle..is becoming very obnoxious now that he has become popular.

1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. vii. 449 They did not dare to publish a work if its author were obnoxious to the Court.

1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood (1878) xi. 216 Thumb-marks I find very obnoxious.

1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. i. vi. 223 She referred to Unbelief as if it were a very obnoxious person who was in the habit of insulting her every morning and evening.

1944 E. Waugh Let. 29 Feb. (1980) 178 The more I tried to render myself obnoxious to him, the more he liked me.

1982 N. Sedaka Laughter in Rain (1983) ii. ix. 83 If he hated it he would push a button that made an obnoxious buzzer noise.

2000 F. Bleasdale Rubber Gloves or Jimmy Choos ii. 52 Sophie was in love with the most obnoxious guy I'd ever met.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	obnoxious
释义	obnoxiousadj. Brit. /əbˈnɒkʃəs/, /ɒbˈnɒkʃəs/, U.S. /əbˈnɑkʃəs/ Forms: 1500s– obnoxious, 1600s obnoctious, 1600s obnoxius, 1800s obnoxshus (U.S. regional and nonstandard), 1800s obnoxyus (U.S. regional and nonstandard). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin obnoxiōsus. Etymology: < classical Latin obnoxiōsus subject, subordinate < obnoxius exposed to harm, liable, answerable, submissive, subject to punishment ( < ob- ob- prefix + noxa hurt, injury (see noxious adj.) + -ius , suffix forming adjectives) + -ōsus -ous suffix.In senses 4 and 5 probably immediately after noxious adj. 1. a. Liable, subject, exposed, or open to a thing (esp. something actually or possibly harmful). (The usual sense before the 19th cent.) Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > able or liable to be affected subjectablea1382 subject1549 occurrent1566 obnoxious1572 prostitute1591 liable1593 incident1603 patible1603 susceptible1605 obvious1609 recipient1610 affectable1611 susceptive1637 receptivea1676 ticklish1681 subjectiblea1732 vacant1751 timid1764 susceptible1883 impressionable1889 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable openeOE subjectc1384 pregnablec1475 opportunea1500 casuala1535 wide open?1544 obnoxious1572 assailable1589 liable1593 abnoxious1611 woundable1611 obnoxious1612 speeding1612 infectible1634 sufferable1651 attackable1656 vulnerable1678 prejudicial1682 threatenable1841 doable1849 infectable1860 1572 R. Harrison tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes i. x. 4 No kinde of men are more obnoxious to these kinde of things. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man Proeme sig. Biij They would not be able to hold their bowes, or cast their darts, for losenes of their ioints, through slippery humors so obnoxious to luxation. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxxi. 267 Whom..they wold..make obnoxious to what punishment themselues list. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. iii. ii. 49 The finest wits..are before others obnoxious to it [sc. melancholy]. 1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 93 Cover them with Fearn or Straw, to secure them from the frosts, to which they are obnoxious [Fr. sujets]. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xi. 102 Being thus obnoxious to fallacy in our apprehensions. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 243 The Town of Mansoul..now lyes obnoxious to its foes. View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 441. ¶2 We are obnoxious to so many Accidents. 1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. i. 45 They render themselves obnoxious to the Justice of God. 1799 R. Glover Jason i. iii. 11 I am, indeed, obnoxious to disasters, And fortune's sport. 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xiv. 154 That corporeal shape alike to pain Obnoxious as to pleasure. 1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. liv. 664 Obnoxious to general dislike. 1891 Law Times 91 406/2 A similar case, and is obnoxious to similar criticism. 1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience xi The impulse..is..far too immediate and spontaneous an expression of self-despair and anxiety to be obnoxious to any such reproach. †b. Liable to do something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [adjective] > liable readyc1425 obnoxious1610 predisposed1645 1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr iii. 118 Our corruption now is more obnoxious and apter to admitte and inuite such poysonous ingredients. 1643 Abp. Williams Let. in T. Carte Coll. Orig. Lett. Eng. 1641 to 1660 (1735) 254 His Majestie..soe obnoxious to be shaken and removed by variety of councills out of any settled resolution. 1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine: 2nd Pt. 49 The time of Youth is most Obnoxious to forget God. a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) II. 72 They..were obnoxious to be taken up by every peevish sheriff or magistrate. †c. Without to or infinitive. Liable or exposed to harm. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [adjective] litherc893 scathefulc900 balefulOE orneOE teenfulOE evilc1175 venomousc1290 scathela1300 prejudiciala1325 fell?c1335 harmfula1340 grievous1340 ill1340 wicked1340 noisomea1382 venomed1382 noyfulc1384 damageousc1386 mischievousc1390 unwholesomea1400 undisposingc1400 damnablec1420 prejudiciable1429 contagiousc1440 damagefulc1449 pestiferous1458 damageable1474 pestilent?a1475 nuisable1483 nocible1490 nuisible1490 nuisant1494 noxiousa1500 nocent?c1500 pestilential1531 tortious1532 pestilentious1533 nocive1538 offensivea1548 vitiating1547 dangerous1548 offending1552 dispendious1557 injurious1559 offensible1575 offensant1578 baneful1579 incommodious1579 prejudicious1579 prejudical1595 inimicous1598 damnifiable1604 taking1608 obnoxious1612 nocivousc1616 mischieving1621 nocuous1627 nocumentous1644 disserviceable1645 inimical1645 detrimentous1648 injuring1651 detrimental1656 inimicitial1656 nocumental1657 incommodous1677 fatal1681 inimic1696 nociferous1706 damnific1727 inimicable1805 violational1821 insalutary1836 detrimentary1841 wronging1845 unsalvatory1850 damaging1856 damnous1870 wack1986 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable openeOE subjectc1384 pregnablec1475 opportunea1500 casuala1535 wide open?1544 obnoxious1572 assailable1589 liable1593 abnoxious1611 woundable1611 obnoxious1612 speeding1612 infectible1634 sufferable1651 attackable1656 vulnerable1678 prejudicial1682 threatenable1841 doable1849 infectable1860 1612 J. Donne Second Anniuersarie 16 in First Anniuersarie Thinke but how poore thou wast, how obnoxious, Whom a small lump of flesh could poison thus. 1682 Modest Enq. Election Sheriffs London 1 Were it not for the discharge of my duty..I should not so far expose and lay myself obnoxious, as I foresee I shall do. 1813 J. C. Eustace Tour through Italy I. xxv. 587 The inhabitants..would have been excusable if they had transferred the wreck of their property to some other less obnoxious quarter. †2. Subject to the rule, power, or authority of another; answerable, amenable to some authority; dependent, subject; (hence) submissive, obsequious, deferential (to a person). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [adjective] underheilda1300 underlouta1300 underling?1370 subjecta1382 obeisantc1390 obedienta1398 subditc1430 subordinatec1485 subjugal?c1500 liablec1571 subaltern1581 regardant1583 obnoxious1591 vassal1594 servient1606 subservient1638 succumbent1647 ancillary1667 secondary1667 supposite1677 discretional1776 obedientiary1794 heteronomousa1871 satellite1882 society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [adjective] tholemodec1000 bowinga1340 subjectc1384 enclinant1400 yoldena1413 subjective1417 prostratec1425 obtemperate?a1475 subjected1550 subject-like1553 submiss1570 submissive1572 yielding1578 obnoxious1591 subordinate1594 subjectly1596 yieldable1603 dejective1611 passive1616 awebound1631 succumbent1647 resigning1648 complaisant1676 ovine1676 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. ii. 86 The Generals being obnoxious [L. obnoxiis ducibus] & not daring to prohibit it. 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. ii. 75 One..of their owne creation, and therefore wholly obnoxious to them. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iv. xiv. 124 Hans-Towns,..partly..free; and partly Provinciall, and obnoxious [Fr. sujettes]. a1658 J. Cleveland Rustick Rampant in Wks. (1687) 437 That Kings are only the Tenants of Heaven, obnoxious to God alone. a1695 A. Wood Life (1891) I. 397 Most of them..being sneaking and obnoxious, they did run rather with the temper of the Warden than stand against him. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature v. 77 An existence that is not dependent upon or obnoxious to any other. 1754 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 72 Whether they are not obnoxious to the Association for preserving the Game. †3. Open to punishment or censure; guilty, blameworthy, reprehensible. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [adjective] shildyOE sakeda1300 sakfula1300 culpable1303 faulty1380 plightya1400 defective1423 criminousa1460 criminal1489 wity1530 nocent1559 delinquent1584 faultful1591 obnoxious1604 noxiousa1618 guiltful1655 society > authority > punishment > [adjective] > liable to or deserving of punishment guiltyc1380 punishable1429 obnoxious1604 society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [adjective] guiltyc1000 sakeda1300 sakfula1300 culpable1303 faulty1380 plightfula1400 plightya1400 defective1423 criminousa1460 criminal1489 nocent1559 delinquent1584 faultful1591 obnoxious1604 noxiousa1618 guiltful1655 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [adjective] > blameworthy to lackc1330 faulty1380 blameable1387 blameworthy1387 blamefulc1430 accusablea1525 wity1530 faultworthy1586 demeritorious1593 culpable1604 obnoxious1604 taxable1610 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Obnoxious, faultie, subiect to danger. 1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr xii. 353 The Doctrines of the Keyes..and all the ceremonies, which were the most obnoxious matters. 1642 Vindic. King p. ii It could make that obnoxious, which till this Parliament no man could ever call a fault. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 275 Our particular Persons were not obnoxious. a1774 O. Goldsmith Misc. Wks. (1837) I. 535 A late work has appeared to us highly obnoxious in this respect. 1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. I. vi. 73 No wise republic ought to be satisfied, unless she bring to punishment the individual most obnoxious. †4. Hurtful, injurious. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious litherc893 scathefulc900 orneOE teenfulOE atterlichc1050 evilc1175 wicka1250 scathela1300 deringa1325 unkindc1330 harmfula1340 ill1340 wicked1340 shrewdc1380 noisomea1382 venomed1382 noyfulc1384 damageousc1386 infectivea1398 unwholesomea1400 annoying?c1400 mischievous1414 damnablec1420 contagiousc1430 mischievable?a1439 damagefulc1449 damageable1474 unhappy1474 nuisable1483 nocible1490 nuisible1490 nuisant1494 noxiousa1500 nocent?c1500 hurtful1526 sinistral1534 nocive1538 offendent1547 offensivea1548 dangerous1548 naughtya1555 dispendious1557 offensible1575 wrackful1578 baneful1579 hindersome1580 scandalizing1593 damnifiable1604 taking1608 toadish1611 illful1613 nocivousc1616 mischieving1621 nocuous1627 obnoxious1638 nocumentous1644 vicious1656 nocumental1657 abnoxious1680 dungeonable1691 offending1694 hurtsomea1699 nociferous1706 sinister1726 damnific1727 hazardous1748 slaughtering1811 damaging1856 damnous1870 lethal1942 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 323 Crocodile..the most obnoxious of sea monsters. 1639 J. Woodall Treat. Gangrena in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 368 Cold ayre in time of sweating is obnoxious and dangerous. 1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 81 Unseasonable times of study are very obnoxious, as after meales. 1683 W. Salmon Doron Medicum ii. 587 Powerful in extirpating all obnoctious tumors. 5. Offensive, objectionable, odious, highly disagreeable. Now esp. (of a person): giving offence, acting objectionably; extremely unpleasant, highly dislikable. (Now the usual sense.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adjective] loatha700 eileOE andsetec1000 wlatfulc1230 aloathedc1275 wlatsomea1300 unhonest13.. wlata1325 hideousc1330 abominable1340 hatefula1382 hatesomea1382 abominablec1384 odiousa1387 fulsomec1390 accursedc1400 hatousc1400 rankc1400 hateablec1425 odiblec1425 ugsomec1425 wretchedc1430 loathsomec1440 loathfula1450 noisomea1450 abhominal1477 detestable1477 loathy1481 loathing?a1513 oppugnanta1513 irksome1513 hateworthy1548 abhorful1565 ugged1570 detestine1575 ulcerous1577 opposite1578 scandalous1592 offensive1594 obscene1597 ulcered1602 dirtya1616 abhorrent1628 toady1628 envious1630 repugnant1633 nauseating1645 nauseous1646 obnoxious1646 detestful1654 reluctant1663 horrid1666 abnoxious1682 devilish1692 invidious1710 repellent1776 repellant1780 sickening1789 toadish1822 carrion1826 ugging1839 cussed1853 repugnant1879 jerky1944 vomitous1952 barfy1957 1646 H. Burton Truth, Still Truth 30 Truth may be obnoxious to many, but never noxious to any. 1675 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 318 A very obnoxious person; an ill neighbour; and given much to law sutes with any. 1680 C. F. Let. to Duke of Monmouth 2 To make them Loathsom and Obnoxious to the People. a1742 T. Story Jrnl. of Life (1747) 196 He had only Leave to put down those Posts, to keep the Place in rememberance, till something further might be done, at a time when it might be less obnoxious. 1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. iii. 53 Strickland..had the presumption to move the obnoxious bill. 1841 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 69 Carlyle..is becoming very obnoxious now that he has become popular. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. vii. 449 They did not dare to publish a work if its author were obnoxious to the Court. 1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood (1878) xi. 216 Thumb-marks I find very obnoxious. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. i. vi. 223 She referred to Unbelief as if it were a very obnoxious person who was in the habit of insulting her every morning and evening. 1944 E. Waugh Let. 29 Feb. (1980) 178 The more I tried to render myself obnoxious to him, the more he liked me. 1982 N. Sedaka Laughter in Rain (1983) ii. ix. 83 If he hated it he would push a button that made an obnoxious buzzer noise. 2000 F. Bleasdale Rubber Gloves or Jimmy Choos ii. 52 Sophie was in love with the most obnoxious guy I'd ever met. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1572
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