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noxious Adjective 1. poisonous or harmful 2. extremely unpleasant [Latin noxius harmful]
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noxious adjective harmful, deadly, poisonous, unhealthy, hurtful, pernicious, injurious, unwholesome, noisome, pestilential, insalubrious, foul << OPPOSITE harmless |
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Why do I find myself viewing this fellow in the light of a noxious insect? The dairyman, who had thrown himself into abstraction to better realize the taste, and so divine the particular species of noxious weed to which it appertained, suddenly exclaimed-- He compared it with all the noxious experiences he had ever had--the drainage of war hospitals, of slaughter-houses, the refuse of dissecting rooms. |
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