Pleasant vs Obnoxious - What's the difference?
pleasant | obnoxious |
Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
* Bible, Psalms cxxxiii. 1
*, chapter=10
, title= Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.
(archaic) exposed to harm or injury.
* 1661 , , page 26,
As adjectives the difference between pleasant and obnoxious
is that pleasant is giving pleasure; pleasing in manner while obnoxious is extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.As a noun pleasant
is (obsolete) a wit; a humorist; a buffoon.pleasant
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Adjective
(en-adj)- Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant' as talking; just to watch was ' pleasant .}}
Synonyms
* niceAntonyms
* unpleasantDerived terms
* pleasantly * pleasantness * pleasantryStatistics
*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.