NOXIOUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does noxious mean? • NOXIOUS (adjective)
The adjective NOXIOUS has 1 sense:
1. injurious to physical or mental health
Familiarity information: NOXIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NOXIOUS (adjective)
Meaning:
Injurious to physical or mental health
Synonyms:
harmful; noxious
Context examples:
noxious chemical wastes / noxious ideas
Similar:
baneful; deadly; pernicious; pestilent (exceedingly harmful)
corrupting; degrading (harmful to the mind or morals)
vesicant; vesicatory (causing blisters)
Also:
harmful (causing or capable of causing harm)
toxic (of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison)
unwholesome (detrimental to physical or moral well-being)
Antonym:
innocuous (not injurious to physical or mental health)
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