noxious
11noxious — noxiously, adv. noxiousness, n. /nok sheuhs/, adj. 1. harmful or injurious to health or physical well being: noxious fumes. 2. morally harmful; corrupting; pernicious: a noxious plan to spread dissension. [1605 15; < L noxius harmful, hurtful,… …
12noxious — Injurious; harmful. [L. noxius, injurious, fr. noceo, to injure] * * * nox·ious näk shəs adj physically harmful or destructive to living beings <noxious wastes> * * * nox·ious (nokґshəs) [L. noxius] hurtful, pernicious, or damaging to… …
13noxious — See noisome. See noisome, noxious, obnoxious …
14noxious — adj. Noxious is used with these nouns: ↑emission, ↑fumes, ↑gas, ↑smell, ↑substance, ↑weed …
15noxious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. noisome, harmful, poisonous, injurious, deleterious, pernicious. See badness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Harmful] Syn. baneful, pernicious, deleterious; see harmful , pernicious . 2. [Foul] Syn.… …
16noxious — nox|ious [ˈnɔkʃəs US ˈna:k ] adj formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: noxius, from noxa harm ] harmful or poisonous = ↑toxic ▪ noxious fumes …
17noxious — [17] Noxious was adapted from Latin noxius ‘harmful’, a derivative of noxa ‘damage, injury’. (An earlier borrowing was obnoxious [16], from Latin obnoxius, which contains the prefix ob ‘to’.) Related to noxa were Latin nex ‘destruction, death,… …
18noxious — adjective formal harmful or poisonous: noxious gases …
19noxious — adjective noxious fumes Syn: poisonous, toxic, deadly, harmful, dangerous, pernicious, damaging, destructive; unpleasant, nasty, disgusting, awful, dreadful, horrible, terrible; vile, revolting, foul, nauseating …
20noxious — nox•ious [[t]ˈnɒk ʃəs[/t]] adj. 1) harmful to health or physical well being: noxious fumes[/ex] 2) morally harmful; corrupting • Etymology: 1605–15; < L noxius harmful, injurious =nox(a) harm (akin to nocēre to do harm; cf. innocent) + ius… …
