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noxious

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nox·ious  (nkshs)
adj.
1. Harmful to living things; injurious to health: noxious chemical wastes.
2. Harmful to the mind or morals; corrupting: noxious ideas.

[Middle English noxius, from Latin, from noxa, damage; see nek-1 in Indo-European roots.]

noxious·ly adv.
noxious·ness n.

noxious
Adjective
1. poisonous or harmful
2. extremely unpleasant [Latin noxius harmful]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.noxious - injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas"
harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
toxic - of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; "suffering from exposure to toxic substances"
unwholesome - detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"
innocuous - not injurious to physical or mental health

noxious
Translations
Spanish noxious [ˈnɔkʃəs] adjnocivo
French noxious [ˈnɔkʃəs] adjtoxique
German noxious [ˈnɔkʃəs] adj (gas, fumes) → schädlich;
(smell) → übel

Italian noxious [ˈnɔkʃəs] adjnocivo/a

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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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