different between obnoxious vs wrestle

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]

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Further reading

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

English

Alternative forms

• wrassle (eye dialect)

Etymology

From Middle English wrestlen, wrastlen (also as wraxlen), from Old English wræstlian, wraxlian (“to contend, wrestle”); corresponding to wrest +? -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wrosselje (“to contend, wrestle”), West Frisian wrakselje (“to wrestle”), Middle Dutch wrastelen (“to wrestle”), Middle Low German wrostelen (“to wrestle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.s?l/
• Rhymes: -?s?l

Noun

wrestle (plural wrestles)

1. A wrestling bout.
2. A struggle.

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Verb

wrestle (third-person singular simple present wrestles, present participle wrestling, simple past and past participle wrestled)

1. (intransitive) To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest
2. (intransitive) To struggle or strive
3. (transitive) To take part in a wrestling match with someone
4. (transitive) To move or lift something with difficulty
5. (transitive) To throw a calf etc in order to brand it
6. (transitive) To fight.

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Anagrams

• Lewters, Welters, swelter, welters