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Webster 1913 Edition
Noxious
1.
Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious;
as,
; pernicious; corrupting to morals; noxious
air, food, or climateas,
. noxious
practices or examplesToo frequent an appearance in places of public resort is
noxious
to spiritual promotions. Swift.
2.
Guilty; criminal.
[R.]
Those who are
noxious
in the eye of the law. Abp. Bramhall.
Syn. – Noisome; hurtful; harmful; injurious; destructive; pernicious; mischievous; corrupting; baneful; unwholesome; insalubrious. See
– Noisome
. Nox′ious-ly
, adv.
Nox′ious-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Noxious
NOXIOUS
,Adj.
1.
Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as noxious air, food, climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as noxious practices or examples; noxious haunts of vice.2.
Guilty; criminal.Those who are noxious in the eye of the law. [Little used.]
3.
Unfavorable; injurious.Too frequent appearance in places of public resort is noxious to spiritual promotion.
Definition 2025
noxious
noxious
English
Alternative forms
- noctious (obsolete)
Adjective
noxious (comparative more noxious, superlative most noxious)
- Harmful; injurious.
- 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:
- But out of sight is out of mind. And that […] means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair. If that repair does not come in time, the result is noxious and potentially hazardous.
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Usage notes
- Nouns to which "noxious" is often applied: substance, chemical, fume, gas, odor, plant, weed, animal, stimulus, stimulation.
Synonyms
Translations
harmful
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