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Definition of obnoxious : 1. Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy.
2. Offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs.
3. Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; - with to.

Synonyms:

detestable, nefarious, lousy, foul, exceptionable, low, infamous, filthy, contemptible, antipathetic, shabby, repugnant, mean, wretched, abhorrent, despicable, good, despisable, odious, vile, rotten, abominable, objectionable, loathsome

distasteful, bothersome, repulsive, nasty, offensive, unpalatable, disagreeable, disgusting, unpleasant

corrupt, immoral, felonious, indecent, depraved, scandalous, debauched, iniquitous, improper, perverse, sinful, debased, wicked, sadistic, bad, misdoing, criminal, wrongdoing, reprehensible, damnable, blameworthy, base, shocking, sinister, lawbreaking, villainous, degenerate, black, evildoing

displeasing, annoying, study at offensive

Usage examples:

• Every man who was obnoxious to the Court went in fear. - "The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5)", Thomas Babington Macaulay.
• The Governor has himself assured me that nothing shall induce him to notice the obnoxious decree, till he has, in the first place, received it under all the official forms- in the next place, written his remonstrance to the government at home- and, in the third place, received an answer. - "The Hour and the Man An Historical Romance", Harriet Martineau.
• But that this summary process was already obnoxious to the people was shown by the fact that it was repealed the very following year because the articles " seemeth to the said Commons very grievous." - "Popular Law-making", Frederic Jesup Stimson.