Obnoxious /(ŏb*nŏk"shŭs)/

Ob·nox·ious

Obnoxious

a.
  1. 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
  2. Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy.
    All are obnoxious, and this faulty land, Like fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your scepter.
  3. Very offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs.