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. Offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a
minister obnoxious to the Whigs. --Burke. --
{Ob*nox"ious*ly}, adv. -- {Ob*nox"ious*ness}, n. --South.