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    obnoxiousness
    [ noun ]
    the quality of being hateful
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    Obnoxious \Ob*nox"ious\ ([o^]b*n[o^]k"sh[u^]s), a. [L. obnoxius;
    ob (see {Ob-}) + noxius hurtful. See {Noxious}.]
    1. Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with
    to.

    The writings of lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to
    their particular laws. --Bacon.

    Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public
    than to be obnoxious to any private purse. --Milton.

    Obnoxious, first or last,
    To basest things --Milton.

    2. Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible;
    blameworthy. ``The contrived and interested schemes of . .
    . obnoxious authors.'' --Bp. Fell.

    All are obnoxious, and this faulty land,
    Like fainting Hester, does before you stand
    Watching your scepter. --Waller.

    3. Very offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious
    statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs. --Burke.
    -- {Ob*nox"ious*ly}, adv. --
    {Ob*nox"ious*ness}, n. --South.

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