{
  "obnoxious":{
    "antonyms":[
      "innocuous",
      "inoffensive"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": deserving of censure":[],
      ": exposed to something unpleasant or harmful":[
        "\u2014 used with to"
      ],
      ": odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Let's get right into it. The title of your book, Why We Suck , is pretty obnoxious . Are we really that bad",
      "\"Not to sound obnoxious , but this downturn could be good for us,\" says Max Levchin, founder and CEO of Slide, in San Francisco. \"Some of our competitors are going to go out of business.\" \u2014 Daniel Lyons , Newsweek , 20 Oct. 2008",
      "Now that many large cities are surrounded by Stygian fields of concrete tedium, urban sprawl looks like an obnoxious side effect of prosperity and decline. \u2014 Graham Robb , The Discovery of France , 2007",
      "The teller's eyes widened as a customer poured thousands of pennies onto the counter, an intentionally obnoxious way to pay a high heating bill. \u2014 Erik Eckholm , New York Times , 26 June 2006",
      "He said some really obnoxious things about his ex-girlfriend at the party.",
      "Some teenagers were being loud and obnoxious .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Satire has always had an admonitory function, and besides, some people are so obnoxious that a writer has to slow-walk the reader through their awfulness. \u2014 Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic , 11 May 2022",
      "No one could be faulted for seeing the incident as a slap-back at the showbiz establishment\u2019s most obnoxious figure. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "But as folks go back to the office, some find the sounds obnoxious \u2014 and annoying. \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Last Resort is a restaurant and bar chain known for its rowdy roadhouse atmosphere and intentionally obnoxious staff. \u2014 Kathy Jumper, al , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "This obnoxious process was required during Leadbetter's testing period because Steam Deck does not officially support a dual-boot option for multiple OS installs, even though fans have more recently come up with methods to do that. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "One of the friends spends an obnoxious amount of money on a painting that is just a white painting. \u2014 Jessi Virtusio, chicagotribune.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Audiences are less tolerant of cruel and obnoxious prank videos, especially when they are recorded in public spaces like university campuses. \u2014 Diana Dasrath, NBC News , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Daughtry's energy and charisma make the character more tragic than obnoxious . \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1597, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin obnoxius \"under obligation, subservient, liable, exposed to, vulnerable\" (of uncertain origin) + -ous":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00e4b-\u02c8n\u00e4k-sh\u0259s",
      "\u0259b-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abhorrent",
      "abominable",
      "appalling",
      "awful",
      "disgusting",
      "distasteful",
      "dreadful",
      "evil",
      "foul",
      "fulsome",
      "gross",
      "hideous",
      "horrendous",
      "horrible",
      "horrid",
      "loathsome",
      "nasty",
      "nauseating",
      "nauseous",
      "noisome",
      "noxious",
      "obscene",
      "odious",
      "offensive",
      "rancid",
      "repellent",
      "repellant",
      "repugnant",
      "repulsive",
      "revolting",
      "scandalous",
      "shocking",
      "sickening",
      "ugly"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003737",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "obnubilate":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": becloud , obscure":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8ny\u00fc-",
      "\u00e4b-\u02c8n\u00fc-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin obnubilatus , past participle of obnubilare , from ob- in the way + nubilare to be cloudy, from nubilus cloudy, from nubes cloud \u2014 more at ob- , nuance":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1583, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-075806"
  }
}