Explore Obnoxious through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like objectionable or offensive. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Obnoxious meaning
- Extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious.
- Unjustly disagreeable, argumentative or objectionable; brazenly rude.
- Exposed or vulnerable to something, especially harm or injury.
Synonyms of Obnoxious
Using Obnoxious
- The main meaning on this page is: Extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious. | Unjustly disagreeable, argumentative or objectionable; brazenly rude. | Exposed or vulnerable to something, especially harm or injury.
- Useful related words include: objectionable, offensive.
- In the example corpus, obnoxious often appears in combinations such as: and obnoxious, obnoxious and, an obnoxious.
Context around Obnoxious
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Obnoxious
- In this selection, "obnoxious" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, long, contain, end, attention, policy and uses stand out and add context to how "obnoxious" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include age long obnoxious practice had and and or obnoxious children at. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "obnoxious" sits close to words such as abstain, acrylic and adc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with obnoxious
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is obnoxious, reprehensible, vulgar and ugly. (7 words)
The text on the caps wasn’t threatening or obnoxious. (10 words)
How much more obnoxious will Christian be now that he actually is the TNT champion? (15 words)
He said, “In health and safety, a well is one of the areas we regard as a confined space and when you are in such an area, you can’t stay there for too long because it is an area that will possibly contain obnoxious gases and is oxygen depleted. (50 words)
Doing so convincingly, however, will require traits that are currently in chronically short supply: an earthy, emotional approach to the job and a gift for the kind of storytelling that Trump, Johnson et al have put to the most obnoxious uses. (41 words)
I would like to think that my absence was missed but I think that won’t be the case, as towards the end of last year I had become rather obnoxious, even if I do so say myself. (38 words)
How do you know when you’ve gotten the material to a place that’s actually going to make people laugh, and isn’t just off-putting or obnoxious? (29 words)
How much more obnoxious will Christian be now that he actually is the TNT champion? (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
No matter how awesome they are, they will be obnoxious after 12 hours — everyone is obnoxious after 12 hours.
Cavendish is known to be an obnoxious attention seeker, and his brilliant hair helps to draw his admirers' eyes to his majestic features.
Consequently we urge the new government of President Tinubu to revive the industries that collapsed as a result of the obnoxious policy.
Doing so convincingly, however, will require traits that are currently in chronically short supply: an earthy, emotional approach to the job and a gift for the kind of storytelling that Trump, Johnson et al have put to the most obnoxious uses.
He however said the age-long obnoxious practice had drastically reduced in different parts of Ebonyi State.
He said, “In health and safety, a well is one of the areas we regard as a confined space and when you are in such an area, you can’t stay there for too long because it is an area that will possibly contain obnoxious gases and is oxygen depleted.
How do you know when you’ve gotten the material to a place that’s actually going to make people laugh, and isn’t just off-putting or obnoxious?
How much more obnoxious will Christian be now that he actually is the TNT champion?
I just cautioned my kids that having an ear bud in their ear during other interactions effectively splits their reality (torn between music within and the other person without) and is, in the end, obnoxious.
It is obnoxious, reprehensible, vulgar and ugly.
It was obnoxious, loud and absolutely bonkers, which evidently gave the adults as much of a thrill as it did the younger audience members.
I would like to think that my absence was missed but I think that won’t be the case, as towards the end of last year I had become rather obnoxious, even if I do so say myself.
Ologbondiyan argued that the PDP has to reject the fees which he called obnoxious and draconian.
The beloved actor, known to many as one of the nicest guys around, plays a version of himself that is obnoxious enough to drive Oliver absolutely batty.
The film does try to give her sympathetic moments, but it does little to even out her rude and obnoxious ones.
There is a lot that goes into waiting tables or serving in general - from cleaning to prepping, putting up with loud and/or obnoxious children at the table, servers do it all.
The text on the caps wasn’t threatening or obnoxious.
Though Jim's slightly obnoxious traipse through Aziraphale's shop offers a solid dose of comedy, things aren't all good.
With all that extra land to traverse, getting tired after a quick run would make for an even more obnoxious gameplay experience than anything experienced in the original.
Without making assumptions about his current financial situation, charging $50 for an autograph would seem like an obnoxious jump.
Common combinations with obnoxious
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and obnoxious 15×
- obnoxious and 13×
- an obnoxious 11×
- the obnoxious 8×
- most obnoxious 8×
- more obnoxious 6×
- is obnoxious 5×
- obnoxious but 5×
- or obnoxious 4×
- this obnoxious 3×