Sentence examples for Obnoxious from inspiring English sources

"obnoxious" is a correct and commonly used word in written English
It is used to describe someone or something that is extremely unpleasant, offensive, or annoying. Example: "The obnoxious behavior of the party guests caused a disturbance in the neighborhood."

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Obnoxious

adjective

Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.

  • He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man.

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However, it has also attracted criticism for celebrating obnoxious lad culture and sexist content.

You have said in the past that you were obnoxious … Yeah, but who has never been obnoxious?

And even Lionel Logue, the speech therapist who cuts through so much of the monarchy's pomposity, is a hideous social climber who subtly becomes more and more obnoxious and complacent the more access he gets to the king.

Second, my hard-bitten journalistic instincts were immediately replaced by full-scale embarrassment about walking around a supermarket filming things like some sort of obnoxious oaf.

It is a gigantic mirror-clad middle finger aimed at the region; indeed, it's hard to imagine a more obnoxious gesture to inflict on a sleepy spa town.

In already stretched departments their behaviour is an unwelcome and potentially dangerous distraction from the care of people who might reasonably be described as more deserving," said Mann. "Patients who are acutely intoxicated can become abusive, argumentative, obnoxious or physically abusive.

RaeLynn's detractors find her bashful lyrics obnoxious and her voice grating, but to her credit, she has a clear songwriting perspective and a very distinctive sound.

The bouncer stabbed his finger into my chest, as if I, too, was an obnoxious, lightweight drunk: I had come in with that freak and had better get that freak out of here, or we'd both be on the floor, bleeding from the mouths, no kidding.

It also treats the obnoxious kids at its core with such distaste that an older audience may find it surprisingly satisfying.

When I received a particularly obnoxious email from him the other day, I dialled his number with shaking fingers and spent five minutes in a bliss of white rage.

It's a bizarre question – why should I never have been obnoxious?

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