noxious
AdjectiveUS[nok-shuhs]/ˈnɑkʃəs/2 syllables
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Adjective (1)
- injurious to physical or mental health“noxious chemical wastes”“noxious ideas”Opposite innocuousSimilar vesicatory, baneful, corruptingSee also harmful, toxic, unwholesome
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Nox′ious adjective
Origin: L. noxius, fr. noxa harm; akin to nocere to harm, hurt. Cf. Nuisance, Necromancy.
1. Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples.
Too frequent an appearance in places of public resort is noxious to spiritual promotions.— Jonathan Swift
2. Guilty; criminal. rare
Those who are noxious in the eye of the law.— Abp. John Bramhall
Synonyms: Noisome; hurtful; harmful; injurious; destructive; pernicious; mischievous; corrupting; baneful; unwholesome; insalubrious. See Noisome.
— Nox′wb-a1′>′ious·ly, adverb — Nox′wb-a1′>′ious·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54