"objectionable" meaning in English

See objectionable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: en-us-objectionable.ogg [US] Forms: more objectionable [comparative], most objectionable [superlative]
Etymology: From objection + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|objection|able}} objection + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} objectionable (comparative more objectionable, superlative most objectionable)
  1. Arousing disapproval; worthy of objection; offensive. Translations (offensive): нежелателен (neželatelen) (Bulgarian), предизвикващ възражения (predizvikvašt vǎzraženija) (Bulgarian), bezwaarlijk (Dutch), aanstotelijk (Dutch), afkeurenswaardig (Dutch), laakbaar (Dutch), onaangenaam (Dutch), paheksuttava (Finnish), moitittava (Finnish), répréhensible (French), inacceptable (French), unangenehm (German), unzulässig (German), störend (German), anstößig (German), anstoßerregend (German), anrüchig (German), nicht einwandfrei (German), zu beanstandend (German), kifogásolható (Hungarian), repudiōsus (Latin), harehare (Maori), wadalich (Plautdietsch), niewłaściwy (Polish), niepożądany (Polish), niedopuszczalny (Polish), nie na miejscu (Polish), предосуди́тельный (predosudítelʹnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-objectionable-en-adj-BsUEzlr6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "offensive",
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      "sense": "offensive",
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      "sense": "offensive",
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      "sense": "offensive",
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