'Noxious' definitions:

Definition of 'noxious'

From: WordNet
adjective
Injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas" [ant: innocuous]

Definition of 'Noxious'

From: GCIDE
  • Noxious \Nox"ious\, a. [L. noxius, fr. noxa harm; akin to nocere to harm, hurt. Cf. Nuisance, Necromancy.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples. [1913 Webster]
  • Too frequent an appearance in places of public resort is noxious to spiritual promotions. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Guilty; criminal. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Those who are noxious in the eye of the law. --Abp. Bramhall. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Noisome; hurtful; harmful; injurious; destructive; pernicious; mischievous; corrupting; baneful; unwholesome; insalubrious. See Noisome. [1913 Webster] -- {Nox"ious*ly}, adv. -- {Nox"ious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'noxious'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Noxious'