obnoxious

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ob·nox·ious BrE [əbˈnɒkʃəs] NAmE [əbˈnɑːkʃəs] adjective
extremely unpleasant, especially in a way that offends people
Syn: ↑offensive
•obnoxious behaviour
•a thoroughly obnoxious little man
•obnoxious odours
Derived Word: ↑obnoxiously

Word Origin:
[obnoxious obnoxiously] late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘vulnerable to harm’): from Latin obnoxiosus, from obnoxius ‘exposed to harm’, from ob- ‘towards’ + noxa ‘harm’. The current sense, influenced by ↑noxious, dates from the late 17th cent.

Example Bank:
•He was a thoroughly obnoxious little man. I couldn't stand him.
•I find her really obnoxious.
•I tried to ignore her obnoxious behaviour.
•What an obnoxious little man.
•the emission of obnoxious odours