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Obnoxious vs Infuriating - What's the difference?

obnoxious | infuriating |

As adjectives the difference between obnoxious and infuriating

is that obnoxious is extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible while infuriating is extremely annoying, frustrating or irritating.

As a verb infuriating is

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obnoxious

English

Alternative forms

* obnoctious (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.
    • He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man.
    Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your obnoxious behaviour.
  • (archaic) exposed to harm or injury.
  • * 1661 , , page 26,
    • To begin then with his Experiment of the burning Wood, it seems to me to be obnoxious to not a few considerable Exceptions.

    infuriating

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extremely annoying, frustrating or irritating

    • Derived terms

    * infuriatingly

    Verb

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