OBNOXIOUSNESS Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

obnoxiousness

noun

as in unpleasantness

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Recent Examples of obnoxiousness That sheer, unrelenting obnoxiousness made past iterations consistent overachievers on the sport’s biggest stage. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 June 2026 Spock is this brilliant, arrogant, aloof-to-the-point-of-obnoxiousness genius. — 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

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Noun

The unpleasantness of 1982 aside, the rivalry between England and Argentina is one of the most enduring in international sports.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 14 July 2026
Despite Zack urging them all to rally on his behalf, there’s instant unpleasantness.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 July 2026

Definition of unpleasantness

Noun

But Hokit’s offensiveness in the shadow of the president’s home — with the Washington Monument visible to the south — was one indication that anything and everything was inbounds.

— Oskar Garcia, New York Times, 15 June 2026
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

Definition of offensiveness

Noun

In this attitude was a strange commingling of repugnance and desire, alienation and belonging, intimacy and coldness.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
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

Definition of repugnance

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