Obnoxious

a.	1.	Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; - with to. The writings of lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to their particular laws. - Bacon. Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public than to be obnoxious to any private purse. - Milton. Obnoxious, first or last, To basest things - Milton.
	2.	Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy. All are obnoxious, and this faulty land, Like fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your scepter. - Waller.
	3.	Very offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs.

Adj.

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obnoxious - causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person" Synonyms: objectionable, unpleasant

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