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 Israelis have managed to endure even the latest unpleasantness with characteristic resilience.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Still, no sense relitigating all that unpleasantness now.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Villainy, at the elite level, will not content itself with offensiveness alone; the all-timers, the boundary-pushers, bring fresh nuance to their antics.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 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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Over the last 40 years, their lives and careers all took divergent paths marked by innovation, acclaim, and infamy.—
Marisa Meltzer,
Vanity Fair,
27 Mar. 2026
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On March 10, @Hamilton_DPOY returned to X with the photo that would launch him into viral infamy.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Obnoxiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obnoxiousness. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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