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unbearable

English

Etymology

From Middle English unberable, equivalent to un- +? bearable.

Adjective

unbearable (comparative more unbearable, superlative most unbearable)

  1. so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable

Synonyms

  • insufferable
  • unsupportable

Translations

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obnoxious

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

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