Annoying vs Obnoxious - What's the difference?
annoying | obnoxious |
Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.
Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.
(archaic) exposed to harm or injury.
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As adjectives the difference between annoying and obnoxious
is that annoying is causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious while obnoxious is extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.As a verb annoying
is present participle of lang=en.annoying
English
(wikipedia annoying)Adjective
(en adjective)- Vandals are really annoying .
Verb
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* See alsoReferences
* *obnoxious
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Alternative forms
* obnoctious (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man.
- Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your obnoxious behaviour.
- To begin then with his Experiment of the burning Wood, it seems to me to be obnoxious to not a few considerable Exceptions.