Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being obnoxious; liability or exposure, as to blame, injury, or punishment; reprehensibleness; offensiveness; hence, unpopularity.
Wiktionary
- n. The characteristic of being obnoxious.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the quality of being hateful
Examples
“If Heigl puts on a good show, and Kutcher’s inherent obnoxiousness is counterbalanced by Selleck’s inherent coolness, Killers could be fun.”
First Trailer for KILLERS Starring Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher – Collider.com
“On a day when photos circulated on the internet showing Adam Lambert apparently kissing a guy or two, the big news in the parallel world of TV Idol was Anoop's defensive attitude (better known as obnoxiousness) coming across too much last week.”
Michael Giltz: American Idol -- Top 8: Allison Gets (Some) Respect
“Mandarich went out of his way to make people recognize and hate him, and for the worst possible motive—his obnoxiousness was a calculated, careerist move.”
“First he puts his patented brand of loud-obnoxiousness to the Grinch and now he does it to one of the most beautiful stories of redemption.”
“Unlike Ben, who seemingly had no rhyme or reason for his obnoxiousness, Russell does have a method to his madness: All of his dirty dealings are done for strategic purposes.”
Evil Russell from 'Survivor': Love him or loathe him? | EW.com
“Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal, Styling by Anne Cardenas Solura XL This portable, ruggedized, solar-powered iPod dock is like an SUV that runs on electricity: It's big 7 pounds, burly and loud, but hey, it runs on the power of the sun so any outward obnoxiousness is partially cancelled by your sensitivity toward the environment.”
“Rod Blagojevich about to be impeached on grounds of loopiness, obnoxiousness and a bad haircut?”
“Another city might get puffed-up and blustery, prideful to the point of obnoxiousness.”
“Heckle had been a next-door neighbor since we were kids, and he was this small, chunky dude with a big-ass mop of curly hair whose obnoxiousness I mistook for the kind of attitude I could use in a guy.”
“We eventually got in, but there was a level of obnoxiousness, arrogance and elitism at this press event and launch that smacked of a certain Fruit-Flavored technology company.”
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