Obnoxious vs Repellent - What's the difference?
obnoxious | repellent | Synonyms |
Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.
(archaic) exposed to harm or injury.
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tending or able to repel; driving back
repulsive, inspiring aversion
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resistant or impervious to something
someone who repels
a substance used to repel insects
a substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something
As adjectives the difference between obnoxious and repellent
is that obnoxious is extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible while repellent is tending or able to repel; driving back.As a noun repellent is
someone who repels.obnoxious
English
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.