Obnoxious vs Attacking - What's the difference?
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Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.
(archaic) exposed to harm or injury.
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(sports) . That which has a tendance to attack, to be aggressive.
Obnoxious is a related term of attacking.
As adjectives the difference between obnoxious and attacking
is that obnoxious is extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible while attacking is (sports) that which has a tendance to attack, to be aggressive.As a verb attacking is
.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.