What is "obnoxiousness"

Obnoxious \Ob*nox"ious\ ([o^]b*n[o^]k"sh[u^]s), a. [L. obnoxius; ob (see Ob-) + noxius hurtful. See Noxious.]

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

   The writings of lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to their particular laws.
   --Bacon.

   Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public than to be obnoxious to any private purse.
   --Milton.

   Obnoxious, first or last, To basest things
   --Milton.

2. Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy. ``The contrived and interested schemes of . . . obnoxious authors.''
   --Bp. Fell.

   All are obnoxious, and this faulty land, Like fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your scepter.
   --Waller.

3. Very offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a minister obnoxious to the Whigs.
   --Burke. [1913 Webster] -- Ob*nox"ious*ly, adv. -- Ob*nox"ious*ness, n.
   --South.

n. The characteristic of being obnoxious.

n. the quality of being hateful [syn: hatefulness, objectionableness]