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Boisterous vs. Obnoxious

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Boisterousadjective

Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.

Obnoxiousadjective

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

‘He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man.’; ‘Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your obnoxious behaviour.’;

Boisterousadjective

Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy.

Obnoxiousadjective

(preceded by "to feel") Ashamed; acutely aware of one's own offensive qualities.

‘to feel obnoxious’;

Boisterousadjective

Having or resembling animal exuberance.

Obnoxiousadjective

(archaic) Exposing to harm or injury.

Boisterousadjective

Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful.

Obnoxiousadjective

Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; - with to.

‘The writings of lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to their particular laws.’; ‘Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public than to be obnoxious to any private purse.’; ‘Obnoxious, first or last,To basest things’;

Boisterousadjective

Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough; stormy.

‘The waters swell before a boisterous storm.’; ‘The brute and boisterous force of violent men.’;

Obnoxiousadjective

Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy.

‘All are obnoxious, and this faulty land,Like fainting Hester, does before you standWatching your scepter.’;

Boisterousadjective

Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior.

‘I like not that loud, boisterous man.’;

Obnoxiousadjective

Very offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs.

Boisterousadjective

Vehement; excessive.

‘The heat becomes too powerful and boisterous for them.’;

Obnoxiousadjective

causing disapproval or protest;

‘a vulgar and objectionable person’;

Boisterousadjective

noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline;

‘a boisterous crowd’; ‘a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand’; ‘a robustious group of teenagers’; ‘beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings’; ‘an unruly class’;

Obnoxiousadjective

extremely unpleasant

‘he found her son somewhat obnoxious’; ‘obnoxious odours’;

Boisterousadjective

full of rough and exuberant animal spirits;

‘boisterous practical jokes’; ‘knockabout comedy’;

Obnoxious

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Boisterousadjective

violently agitated and turbulent;

‘boisterous winds and waves’; ‘the fierce thunders roar me their music’; ‘rough weather’; ‘rough seas’;

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