Obnoxious vs Rotten - What's the difference?
obnoxious | rotten | Related terms |
Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.
(archaic) exposed to harm or injury.
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Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
In a state of decay.
Cruel, mean or immoral.
Bad or terrible.
To an extreme degree.
Obnoxious is a related term of rotten.
As an adjective obnoxious
is extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.As a noun rotten is
.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.
rotten
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Adjective
(en-adj)- If you leave a bin unattended for a few weeks, the rubbish inside will turn rotten .
- The floors were damaged and the walls were rotten .
- His mouth stank and his teeth were rotten .
- That man is a rotten father.
- This rotten policy will create more injustice in this country.
- Why is the weather always rotten in this city?
- It was a rotten idea to take the boat out today.
- She has the flu and feels rotten .
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "rotten" is often applied: wood, food, egg, meat, fruit, tomato, apple, banana, milk, vegetable, stuff, tooth, smell, person, kid, bastard, scoundrel, weather.Adverb
(en adverb)- That kid is spoilt rotten .
- The girls fancy him something rotten .