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
30 April 2025
(noun) important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
