Obnoxious vs Dreadful - What's the difference?
obnoxious | dreadful | Related terms |
Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.
(archaic) exposed to harm or injury.
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Causing dread; very bad.
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Obnoxious is a related term of dreadful.
As adjectives the difference between obnoxious and dreadful
is that obnoxious is extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible while dreadful is causing dread; very bad.As a noun dreadful is
a shocking or sensational crime.obnoxious
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* 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.
dreadful
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* (l) (archaic) * (l) (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- "My greatest wish now," she added, "is to get back to Kansas, for Aunt Em will surely think something dreadful has happened to me, and that will make her put on mourning; and unless the crops are better this year than they were last, I am sure Uncle Henry cannot afford it."
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}
Bolton 1-2 Aston Villa, passage=After a dreadful performance in the opening 45 minutes, they upped their game after the break and might have taken at least a point from the match.}}