obnoxiousの意味・使い方・発音

obnoxious

英 [əb'nɒkʃəs] 美 [əb'nɑkʃəs]

obnoxious 憎むべき、忌むべき

ob-, on, with emphasis, -nox, to injure, to kill, 語源的にはnoxious, necrosisと同じ。

obnoxious: obnoxious: see noxious
obnoxious (adj.): 1580s, "subject to the authority of another," from Latin obnoxiosus "hurtful, injurious," from obnoxius "subject, exposed to harm," from ob "to, toward" (see ob-) + noxa "injury, hurt, damage entailing liability" (see noxious). Meaning "subject to something harmful" is 1590s; meaning "offensive, hateful" is first recorded 1670s, influenced by noxious.
Obnoxious has two very different senses, one of which (exposed or open or liable to attack or injury) requires notice because its currency is now so restricted that it is puzzling to the uninstructed. It is the word's rightful or de jure meaning, and we may hope that scholarly writers will keep it alive. [Fowler]
Related: Obnoxiously; obnoxiousness.

1. One of the parents was a most obnoxious character.No-one liked him.: 保護者の1人は非常に嫌われており、誰も彼を好きではありません。

3.a thoroughly obnoxious little man

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4.His disgusting table manners made him obnoxious to me.: 彼の嫌な食べ方に私は反感を持っている.

5.My brother-in-law is an obnoxious know-it-all.: 私の義兄は嫌われ者で独りよがりで何事にも通じているやつだ。