noxious (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def injurious to physical or mental health
examples noxious chemical wastes
noxious ideas
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Also see harmful; toxic; unwholesome
Derivationally related form noxious → noxiousness
Antonym noxious → innocuous
Similar to baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent; corrupting, degrading; vesicatory, vesicant
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Also see harmful; toxic; unwholesome
Similar to baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent; corrupting, degrading; vesicatory, vesicant
Antonym innocuous → noxious
Derived from adjective noxiously → noxious
Derivationally related form noxiousness → noxious

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