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

Adjective

1. poisonous or harmful

2. extremely unpleasant [Latin noxius harmful]

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 << OPPOSITE harmless

Translations

noxious [ˈnɔkʃəs] adj → nocivo

noxious [ˈnɔkʃəs] adj → toxique

noxious [ˈnɔkʃəs] adj (gas, fumes) → schädlich;

(smell) → übel

noxious [ˈnɔkʃəs] adj → nocivo/a