English Dictionary

obnoxious

IPA（発音記号）

/əbˈnɒkʃəs/

形容詞

古語

Extremely unpleasant or offensive; very annoying, odious or contemptible. / (archaic) Exposing to harm or injury.

日本語の意味

非常に不快で、攻撃的または嫌悪すべき様子。とても迷惑で耳障りな、または軽蔑に値するという意味。 / （古風な用法）危害や傷害を引き起こす可能性がある状態を示す。

His obnoxious behavior at the dinner party ruined the evening for everyone.

彼の非常に不快な振る舞いが夕食会で皆の夜を台無しにした。

意味（1）

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

The disturbance had commenced, like those of England, in the refusal of the parliament to sanction an obnoxious tax; but here all resemblance ended.

意味（2）

(archaic) Exposing to harm or injury.

To begin then with his Experiment of the burning Wood, it seems to me to be obnoxious to not a few considerable Exceptions.

more obnoxious （ comparative ）

most obnoxious （ superlative ）