as in unpleasantness
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Recent Examples of obnoxiousness
Spock is this brilliant, arrogant, aloof-to-the-point-of-obnoxiousness genius.
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 18 Jan. 2026
His loudness and obnoxiousness are personal liabilities that can become functional assets for the rest of the cast.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Richard Edwards, Space.com, 18 Jan. 2026
His loudness and obnoxiousness are personal liabilities that can become functional assets for the rest of the cast.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obnoxiousness
Noun
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But mothers who’d hunted long for that title knew that this unpleasantness was welcome, embraced.—
‘Pemi Aguda,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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But Israelis have managed to endure even the latest unpleasantness with characteristic resilience.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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During this period, Dhillon moved away from the Review’s gleeful offensiveness toward positions suggesting a more moderate conservatism.—
Quinta Jurecic,
The Atlantic,
13 Apr. 2026
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The push came amid concerns about the offensiveness of the name.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Brianna seems to swing between two moods: intense enthusiasm, intense repugnance.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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In fact, the retort could lead people to dangerously belittle the scourge and repugnance of real anti-Semitism.—
Salam Fayyad,
Foreign Affairs,
20 June 2024
Noun
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Claudine Longet, the French-American chanteuse whose first fame in music, on TV and as the wife of singing star Andy Williams was dwarfed by infamy after her fatal shooting of the Olympic skier Spider Sabich in 1976, has died.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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From La Jolla prominence to national infamy Before the killings that made national headlines, Broderick appeared to embody affluent Southern California life.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Obnoxiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obnoxiousness. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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