noxious
Americanadjective
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harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being.
noxious fumes.
- Synonyms:
- deleterious, detrimental, nocuous, unhealthy, unwholesome, hurtful
- Antonyms:
- harmless
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morally harmful; corrupting; pernicious.
a noxious plan to spread dissension.
- Synonyms:
- corruptive
- Antonyms:
- harmless
adjective
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poisonous or harmful
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harmful to the mind or morals; corrupting
Other Word Forms
- noxiously adverb
- noxiousness noun
Etymology
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; innocent ) + -ius -ious
Example Sentences
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So noxious that it leached into the soil.
From Literature
"So, they can cope with higher levels of noxious irritants produced by cold exposure."
From Science Daily
Both male and female therapists stress the importance of providing positive, pro-social and professional alternatives to the often noxious influence of the manosphere.
A state contractor plugged all 21 oil wells at the AllenCo Energy drill site in University Park, preventing the release of noxious gases and chemical vapors into the densely populated South Los Angeles neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times
In the confrontation that followed, one of the agents tossed a tear-gas canister, which an employee kicked under their vehicle, enveloping it with noxious fumes.
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