Atrocious vs Obnoxious - What's the difference?
atrocious | obnoxious | Related terms |
Frightful, evil, cruel or monstrous.
Offensive or heinous. (rfex)
Very bad; abominable or disgusting.
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Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.
(archaic) exposed to harm or injury.
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As adjectives the difference between atrocious and obnoxious
is that atrocious is frightful, evil, cruel or monstrous while obnoxious is extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.atrocious
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Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
* Nouns to which "atrocious" is often applied: crime, act, murder, condition, spelling, grammar.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.