OBNOX'IOUS, adjective [Latin obnoxius; ob and noxius, hurtful, from noceo.] 1. Subject; answerable. The writings of lawyers, which are tied and obnoxious to their particular laws. 2. Liable; subject to cognizance or punishment. We know ourselves obnoxious to God's severe justice. 3. Liable; exposed; as friendship obnoxious to jealousies. 4. Reprehensible; censurable; not approved; as obnoxious authors. 5. Odious; hateful; offensive; with to; as, the minister was obnoxious to the whigs. 6. Hurtful; noxious.
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