noxious (redirected from noxious gases)

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.

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

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noxious·ly adv.

noxious·ness n.

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noxious [ˈnɒkʃəs]

adj

1. poisonous or harmful

2. harmful to the mind or morals; corrupting

[from Latin noxius harmful, from noxa injury]

noxiously  adv

noxiousness  n

Thesaurus

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

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noxious

adjective harmful, deadly, poisonous, unhealthy, hurtful, pernicious, injurious, unwholesome, noisome, pestilential, insalubrious, foul, baneful (archaic) carbon monoxide and other noxious gases
safe, harmless, innocuous, not dangerous, nontoxic

Translations

noxious [ˈnɒkʃəs] ADJ → nocivo

noxious [ˈnɒkʃəs] adj [fumes, gas, substance] → toxique

noxious

adj

(= harmful) → schädlich; (= toxic) fumes, gas, substance → giftig

(= repugnant) smell, habit → übel; attitude → widerlich

noxious [ˈnɒkʃəs] adj → nocivo/a