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单词 obnoxious
释义
obnoxiousob‧nox‧ious /əbˈnɒkʃəs $ -ˈnɑːk-/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINobnoxious
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin obnoxius, from noxa ‘harm’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • obnoxious sewage smells
  • Eddie is an obnoxious, insecure creep.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And she had this really, really obnoxious look on her face.
  • And, and, oh, he was just obnoxious.
  • I have been in restaurants where the human customers have been loud, rude and obnoxious.
  • Once formed, the joints were internally sealed with pitch to prevent the escape of any obnoxious gases or liquids.
  • The slime they exude is obnoxious and slippery, and has the stench of rotting fish.
  • They were more often obnoxious than not, impatient with me because my services had been essentially imposed upon them.
  • This was particularly obnoxious to the truculent Arista.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorunpleasant person/behaviour
especially British behaving in a very rude, unkind, or annoying way: · Her husband was a horrible man - lazy, and always drunk.· I really don't like her at all - she's horrible!be horrible to somebody: · I think I'll go out if you're just going to be horrible to me.
rude or unfriendly in the way you talk to people or answer their questions: · That man in the grocery store is always so unpleasant.· Did she really say that? What an unpleasant person!be unpleasant to somebody: · You shouldn't have been so unpleasant to her - she was only trying to help.
someone who is nasty has a very unpleasant character and is often unkind to people: · I'd avoid him. if I were you. He can be quite nasty.· My first boss was a really nasty person, who seemed to enjoy making life difficult for everyone.be nasty to/towards somebody: · Some of the older boys were being very nasty to him.
American rude and unkind in the way you treat people: · We soon found out that our new teacher could be real mean.be mean to somebody: · Sharon and the others were really mean to me at school today.
especially spoken unkind or unfriendly - use this especially about things people say to each other: · They just told us to shut up, which wasn't very nice.not very nice of somebody: · It wasn't very nice of him to have a party without inviting me.
rude and offensive, especially deliberately Objectionable is more formal than obnoxious: · I'd hate to be her secretary -- she's so obnoxious.· You're behaving like a spoilt obnoxious child.· I'd never have employed him if I'd realized what an objectionable person he was.· What was most objectionable about her was her arrogance.
informal someone who you dislike because they are unpleasant and behave in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable: · Get out of here you little creep! You make me sick!· He didn't say that, did he? What a creep!
informal someone who is very unpleasant and is likely to behave in a cruel or violent way: · Casey and Wyatt went round in a gang with Don, who was a nasty piece of work.· Why would anyone want to kill Howard, do you think?" "It's obvious. He was a nasty piece of work."
very offensive, unpleasant, or rude:  She’s really obnoxious. an obnoxious idea obnoxious odoursobnoxiously adverbobnoxiousness noun [uncountable]
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