"noxious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈnɒkʃəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈnɑkʃəs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-noxious.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more noxious [comparative], most noxious [superlative], noctious [alternative, obsolete]
enPR: nŏk′shəs Etymology: From Latin noxius (“hurtful, injurious”), from noxa (“hurt, injury”), from nocere (“to hurt, injure”); see nocent. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*neḱ-}}, {{der|en|la|noxius||hurtful, injurious}} Latin noxius (“hurtful, injurious”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} noxious (comparative more noxious, superlative most noxious)
  1. Harmful; injurious. Translations (harmful): nocivu [masculine] (Asturian), dañible [feminine, masculine] (Asturian), kaltegarri (Basque), вреден (vreden) (Bulgarian), нездравословен (nezdravosloven) (Bulgarian), nociu (Catalan), 有害的 (yǒuhài de) (Chinese Mandarin), nucivu [masculine] (Corsican), škodlivý (Czech), nezdravý (Czech), venefna (Esperanto), kahjur- (Estonian), vahingollinen (Finnish), haitallinen (Finnish), myrkyllinen (Finnish), nocif [masculine] (French), nocîf (Friulian), nocivo [masculine] (Galician), daniño [masculine] (Galician), Schad- (German), schädlich (German), kártékony (Hungarian), ártalmas (Hungarian), insalubre (Italian), nocivo (Italian), malsano (Italian), 有毒な (yūdokuna) (alt: ゆうどくな) (Japanese), 유해한 (yuhaehan) (Korean), noxius [masculine] (Latin), kaitīgs (Latvian), orotā (Māori), szkodliwy (Polish), niezdrowy (Polish), nocivo [masculine] (Portuguese), daninho [masculine] (Portuguese), nociv [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), vătămător [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), nesănătos [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), ядови́тый (jadovítyj) (Russian), вре́дный (vrédnyj) (Russian), ште̏тан [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), štȅtan [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nocivo (Spanish), nocible (Spanish), nocente (Spanish), zararlı (Turkish), độc hại (Vietnamese)
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  2. Morally corrupting.
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  3. Very unpleasant.
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Synonyms: harmful, injurious, scathing Derived forms: nonnoxious, noxiously, noxiousness, noxious stimulus, noxious trade, unnoxious Related terms: obnoxious, nocent, innocent

Alternative forms

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