obnoxious
adjective
[ əbˈnɒkʃəs ]
• extremely unpleasant.
• "obnoxious odours"
Similar:
unpleasant,
disagreeable,
nasty,
distasteful,
offensive,
objectionable,
unsavoury,
unpalatable,
dislikeable,
off-putting,
awful,
terrible,
dreadful,
frightful,
revolting,
repulsive,
repellent,
repugnant,
disgusting,
odious,
vile,
foul,
abhorrent,
loathsome,
nauseating,
nauseous,
sickening,
hateful,
detestable,
execrable,
abominable,
insufferable,
intolerable,
unacceptable,
despicable,
contemptible,
beyond the pale,
poisonous,
noxious,
obscene,
base,
hideous,
scabrous,
ghastly,
horrible,
horrid,
gruesome,
gross,
putrid,
sick-making,
yucky,
godawful,
beastly,
bogging,
skanky,
noisome,
disgustful,
loathly,
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘vulnerable to harm’): from Latin obnoxiosus, from obnoxius ‘exposed to harm’, from ob- ‘towards’ + noxa ‘harm’. The current sense, influenced by noxious, dates from the late 17th century.
