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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Still, no sense relitigating all that unpleasantness now.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Even then, Nathan’s docking experience takes the cake of unpleasantness that evening.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
25 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The push came amid concerns about the offensiveness of the name.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Oct. 2025
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There was a Lynchian quality to the podcast, a fun-house-size absurdism that offset its overt offensiveness.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
13 Aug. 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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Upstairs, behind a locked door, the force dragged the town into infamy.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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But this one, just yards from where the Super Bowl will kick off Sunday, has taken on a particular level of infamy.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Obnoxiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obnoxiousness. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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