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De - Pt| English Dictionary: obnoxious | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for obnoxious | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Obnoxious \Ob*nox"ious\ ([ocr]b*n[ocr]k"sh[ucr]s), a. [L. obnoxius; ob (see {Ob-}) + noxius hurtful. See {Noxious}.] 1. Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with to. The writings of lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to their particular laws. --Bacon. Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public than to be obnoxious to any private purse. --Milton. Obnoxious, first or last, To basest things --Milton. 2. Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy. [bd]The contrived and interested schemes of . . . obnoxious authors.[b8] --Bp. Fell. All are obnoxious, and this faulty land, Like fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your scepter. --Waller. 3. Offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs. --Burke. -- {Ob*nox"ious*ly}, adv. -- {Ob*nox"ious*ness}, n. --South. | |
