noxious
- harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being: noxious fumes.
- morally harmful; corrupting; pernicious: a noxious plan to spread dissension.
Origin of noxious
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putrid, destructive, unhealthy, corrupting, poisonous, fetid, harmful, virulent, toxic, pernicious, baneful, dangerous, deleterious, detrimental, foul, hurtful, noisome, pestiferous, pestilent, sicklyExamples from the Web for noxious
Contemporary Examples of noxious
Eric Cantor was a noxious, cookie-cutter, U.S. Chamber, GOP hypocrite.
The most noxious of these figures is New York University professor and Nation magazine contributor Stephen Cohen.
When I got out of the car I was assailed by another of the noxious stinks that Lufkin is distinguished for.
‘The Land of the Permanent Wave’ Is Bud Shrake’s Classic Take on ‘60s TexasEdwin Shrake
February 2, 2014
Only the advancement of liberal democracy could serve as an antidote to the noxious strains of Islamism emanating from the region.
Dressed in his gray suit, he sat in stillness as the noxious fumes billowed into the cabin of his blue Chevy Chevelle.
The Professor and the Doomsday Clock: ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ & Signs of John Kennedy Toole’s SuicideCory MacLauchlin
December 17, 2012
Historical Examples of noxious
No, he does not find it; brambles are there and noxious weeds galore.
The Book of KhalidAmeen Rihani
The excreta of that army of sick poisoned the air with their noxious emanations.
The DownfallEmile Zola
At Verdun, along the entire frontier, there were nests of these noxious vermin.
A Nest of SpiesPierre Souvestre
With blood and iron we will ourselves stamp out this noxious breed.
The Burning SpearJohn Galsworthy
Now it happens that he is noxious to us—let the reasons be what they may.
St. Martin's SummerRafael Sabatini
noxious
- poisonous or harmful
- harmful to the mind or morals; corrupting
Word Origin for noxious
Word Origin and History for noxious
c.1500, from Latin noxius "hurtful, injurious," from noxa "injury, hurt, damage entailing liability" (related to nocere "to hurt," and to nex "slaughter"), from PIE *nek-ro-, causative form of root *nek- "death" (see necro-).
noxious
(nŏk′shəs)- Harmful to living things; injurious to health.