NOXIOUS

noxious

(adjective) injurious to physical or mental health; “noxious chemical wastes”; “noxious ideas”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

noxious (comparative more noxious, superlative most noxious)

Harmful; injurious.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "noxious" is often applied: substance, chemical, fume, gas, odor, plant, weed, animal, stimulus, stimulation.

Synonyms

• harmful

• injurious

• scathel

• see also harmful

Source: Wiktionary


Nox"ious, a. Etym: [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. Swift.

2. Guilty; criminal. [R.] Those who are noxious in the eye of the law. Abp. Bramhall.

Syn.

– Noisome; hurtful; harmful; injurious; destructive; pernicious; mischievous; corrupting; baneful; unwholesome; insalubrious. See Noisome.

– Nox"ious*ly, adv.

– Nox"ious*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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