unpleasant, offensive, or repugnant
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ob•jec•tion•a•ble /əbˈdʒɛkʃənəbəl/USA pronunciation adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- causing a feeling of disapproval;
offensive;
unacceptable:objectionable behavior.
ob•jec•tion•a•ble
(əb jek′shə nə bəl),USA pronunciation adj.
ob•jec′tion•a•bil′i•ty, ob•jec′tion•a•ble•ness, n.
ob•jec′tion•a•bly, adv.
- causing or tending to cause an objection, disapproval, or protest.
- offending good taste, manners, etiquette, propriety, etc.;
offensive:objectionable behavior.
- objection + -able 1775–85
ob•jec′tion•a•bly, adv.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . unacceptable, offensive, vile, odious.
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'objectionable' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bleep
- bleeping
- boast
- book burning
- bottom feeder
- bowdlerize
- camp
- censor
- clean
- condone
- cow
- crud
- cruddy
- crumb
- disreputable
- drawback
- egotism
- exceptionable
- expurgate
- filthy
- flagrant
- grandiose
- gross
- hateful
- hunger strike
- ill
- ill-disposed
- ill-favored
- ill-favoured
- impossible
- impure
- inoffensive
- nasty
- nonsense
- obnoxious
- odious
- public nuisance
- purify
- quite
- re-press
- repugnant
- rid
- rotter
- trouble
- ugly
- unchristian
- undesirable
- unhappy
- unlikely
- unlovely