Obnoxious vs Contemptuous - What's the difference?
obnoxious | contemptuous |
Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.
(archaic) exposed to harm or injury.
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Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.
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As adjectives the difference between obnoxious and contemptuous
is that obnoxious is extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible while contemptuous is showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.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.
contemptuous
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Adjective
(en adjective)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.