obnoxious
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“He could be loud, at times obnoxious, but he was always one of the boys. He was never condescending to anybody.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Mostly, Julian and Lori take turns thwarting his obnoxious kids and threatening to quit.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
“It is even possible,” Hegel writes, “that such men may treat other great, even sacred interests, inconsiderately; conduct which is indeed obnoxious to moral reprehension.”
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
It can be loud and distracting and obnoxious.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Pencil tips whisper against paper all around me, a gentle contrast to the coarse rip of my book bag’s zipper, the obnoxious clacking of its buckles.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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