noxious

[ nok-shuhs ]

/ ˈnɒk ʃəs /

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adjective

harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being: noxious fumes.

morally harmful; corrupting; pernicious: a noxious plan to spread dissension.

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Origin of noxious

1605–15; < Latin noxius harmful, hurtful, injurious, equivalent to nox(a) harm, hurt, injury (akin to nocēre to do harm, inflict injury; see innocent) + -ius -ious

SYNONYMS FOR noxious

1 hurtful, unwholesome, unhealthy, nocuous, detrimental, deleterious.

2 corruptive.

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ANTONYMS FOR noxious

1, 2 harmless.

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OTHER WORDS FROM noxious

nox·ious·ly, adverbnox·ious·ness, noun

Words nearby noxious

nowruz, nowt, nowty, nowy, nox, noxious, noyade, noyau, noyes, noyon, nozzle

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Example sentences from the Web for noxious

Eric Cantor was a noxious, cookie-cutter, U.S. Chamber, GOP hypocrite.
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When I got out of the car I was assailed by another of the noxious stinks that Lufkin is distinguished for.
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Only the advancement of liberal democracy could serve as an antidote to the noxious strains of Islamism emanating from the region.
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Dressed in his gray suit, he sat in stillness as the noxious fumes billowed into the cabin of his blue Chevy Chevelle.
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He sent Maurice a bottle of his Lemonbeer and asked him to write an appreciation of that noxious fluid.
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They convert what would be pleasant flavours in the food into noxious odours about the house.
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The most extraordinary ward was that appropriated to rats and mice, bugs, and other noxious vermin.
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From that shrub was made, as to me it seemed, a deadly, noxious dart.
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Moral health will likewise ensue by the removal of noxious weeds from the mind.
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British Dictionary definitions for noxious

noxious

/ (ˈnɒkʃəs) /

adjective

poisonous or harmful

harmful to the mind or morals; corrupting

Derived forms of noxious

noxiously, adverbnoxiousness, noun

Word Origin for noxious

C17: from Latin noxius harmful, from noxa injury

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Medical definitions for noxious

noxious

[ nŏk′shəs ]

adj.

Harmful to living things; injurious to health.

noxious

adjective

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adjective

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adj.