Alternativa stavningar

Uttal

  • RP:
    • IPA: /əbˈnɒkʃəs/
  • GenAm:
    • IPA: /əbˈnɑkʃəs/
  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: /ɑbˈnɑːkʃəs/
ÖversättningUttal
Adjektiv
1.avskyvärd
2.förhatlig
3.motbjudande {ett}
  • Uttal
4.vidrig
5.anstötlig
6.outhärdlig

Definitioner

Adjektiv

  1. Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.
  2. (archaic) exposed to harm or injury.

Exempel

  • He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man.
  • Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your obnoxious behaviour.
  • To begin then with his Experiment of the burning Wood, it seems to me to be obnoxious to not a few considerable Exceptions.
  • The town… now lies obnoxious to its foes. (John Bunyan, XVII siècle)
  • This is a socially acceptable way to tell people what you’ve been up to without seeming totally obnoxious. (The New York Times, février 2009)

Böjningsformer

Komparativmore obnoxious
Superlativmost obnoxious