different between obnoxious vs invidious

English

Alternative forms

• obnoctious (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin obnoxi?sus (“hurtful, injurious, dangerous”), from obnoxius (“punishable; liable to danger”), from ob (“against; facing”) + noxia (“hurt, injury, damage”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?n?k??s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?n?k??s/

Adjective

obnoxious (comparative more obnoxious, superlative most obnoxious)

1. Extremely unpleasant or offensive; very annoying, odious or contemptible.

2. (archaic) Exposing to harm or injury.
   • 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, 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.

Synonyms

• annoying    [WS]
• unpleasant    [WS]

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “obnoxious”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin invidi?sus, from invidia (“envy, ill will”), from in- (“upon”) + vide? (“I see”). Doublet of envious, from Old French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?v?di.?s/
• (US)
• Rhymes: -?di?s

Adjective

invidious (comparative more invidious, superlative most invidious)

1. Causing ill will, envy, or offense.
2. (of a distinction) Offensively or unfairly discriminating.
3. (obsolete) Envious, jealous.
4. (obsolete) Detestable, hateful, odious.

Related terms

• invidiously
• invidiousness

Translations

See also

• indignation

References

• invidious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “invidious”, in Online Etymology Dictionary