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Obnoxious vs Nauseating - What's the difference?

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Obnoxious is a related term of nauseating.


As adjectives the difference between obnoxious and nauseating

is that obnoxious is extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible while nauseating is causing disgust, revulsion or loathing.

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.

    nauseating

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • causing nausea
  • Synonyms

    * nauseous

    See also

    * nauseated