Obnoxious
Obnoxious adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.
Petulant and obnoxious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Petulant" instead an adjective "Obnoxious".
Nearby Word: obnoxiously
Petulant
Petulant adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.
Obnoxious and petulant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Obnoxious" instead an adjective "Petulant".
Nearby Words: petulance, petulantly
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- He is indisputably selfish, immature, insensitive, petulant and obnoxious, and while his Jerkass personality may be a facade to some extent, the fact remains that he often goes out of his way to upset others and seems pretty oblivious to his companions' dislike of him.
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Bad Boss: Lynch's boss, Glazer, is a petulant, racist, obnoxious expatriate crime lord.
Source: Video Game / Kane and Lynch - A Crown of Stars: Asuka played the role of a obnoxious, angry, petulant girl when she was a child to drive people away because she was afraid of pain.
Source: Jerkass Façade
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