noxious
/'nɔkʃəs/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Harmful to physical health: Describes substances, fumes, or environments that are poisonous or injurious to the body.
- Harmful to mental or moral health: Describes ideas, influences, or atmospheres that are corrupting, destructive, or morally poisonous.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The factory was fined for dumping noxious waste into the river.
- Exposure to noxious fumes from the fire required several people to be hospitalized.
- The regime spread noxious propaganda to control the population.
- She removed herself from the noxious environment of constant criticism and negativity.
Advanced Usage
- "Noxious weed": In legal and agricultural contexts, this is a specific term for an invasive plant species that is harmful to crops, ecosystems, or livestock.
- The county has a program to control the spread of noxious weeds.
Variants and Related Words
- Noxiously (adverb): In a harmful or poisonous manner.
- The chemicals leaked noxiously into the groundwater.
- Noxiousness (noun): The quality or state of being harmful or poisonous.
- The noxiousness of the substance was immediately apparent.
Synonyms
- Toxic: Poisonous.
- Deleterious: Causing harm or damage.
- Pernicious: Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.
- Detrimental: Tending to cause harm.
Antonyms
- Beneficial: Producing good or helpful results.
- Wholesome: Conducive to or suggestive of good health and physical well-being.
- Salubrious: Health-giving; healthy.
Related Phrases and Idioms
(While "noxious" itself is not commonly used in fixed idioms, it appears in descriptive phrases.) - Noxious vapor/fumes/emissions: Directly describes harmful gases. - Noxious influence/ideology: Describes a corrupting or damaging effect on thought or behavior.
Adjective
- injurious to physical or mental health
- noxious chemical wastes
- noxious ideas