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noxious

[ nok-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being:

    noxious fumes.

    Synonyms: deleterious, detrimental, nocuous, unhealthy, unwholesome, hurtful

    Antonyms: harmless

  2. morally harmful; corrupting; pernicious:

    a noxious plan to spread dissension.

    Synonyms: corruptive

    Antonyms: harmless



noxious

/ ˈnɒkʃəs /

adjective

  1. poisonous or harmful
  2. harmful to the mind or morals; corrupting
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈnoxiously, adverb
  • ˈnoxiousness, noun
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Other Words From

  • noxious·ly adverb
  • noxious·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of noxious1

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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of noxious1

C17: from Latin noxius harmful, from noxa injury
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Example Sentences

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.

In that case, there was indeed a mistranslation, though the actual rendering was only slightly less noxious than the errant one.

Only the advancement of liberal democracy could serve as an antidote to the noxious strains of Islamism emanating from the region.

Others speak of vermin, noxious plants, or instances of uncleanliness.

The dictator Tubertus Posthumus gained a victory over the qui and Volsci, inconsiderable but noxious enemies of the commonwealth.

Hour after hour the big hole deepened until the Seabees ran into noxious gases.

The alien picked his way fastidiously through the noxious debris to the end of the long room.

I felt a shudder run through me at the mention of the noxious creature, and brought the gun to bear as we advanced.

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