The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
objectionable, obnoxious
(adjective) causing disapproval or protest; “a vulgar and objectionable person”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
obnoxious (comparative more obnoxious, superlative most obnoxious)
Extremely unpleasant or offensive; very annoying, odious or contemptible.
(archaic) Exposing to harm or injury.
• annoying
• unpleasant
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*nox"ious, a. Etym: [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. "The contrived and interested schemes of ...obnoxious authors." 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.