obnoxious

தீமை விளைக்கத்தக்க, அருவருப்பான, விரும்பத்தகாத, வெறுக்கப்படுகிற.

Synonyms

odious detrimental pernicious amenable liable blameworthy offensive answerable

Antonyms

pleasant grateful whole_some salutary beneficial unamenable independent exempt

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.

obnoxious - Similar Words

noxious noious monoicous innoxious obvious anxious obloquious monoxylous monoecious binominous