noxious

English

Alternative forms

• noctious (obsolete)

Etymology

From noxius (“hurtful, injurious”), from noxa (“hurt, injury”), for *nocsa, from nocere (“to hurt, injure”); see nocent.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnɒkʃəs/

Adjective

noxious (comparative more noxious, superlative most noxious)

1. Harmful; injurious.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "noxious" is often applied: substance, chemical, fume, gas, odor, plant, weed, animal, stimulus, stimulation.

Synonyms

• harmful, injurious; see also Wikisaurus:harmful

Translations

harmful

Finnish: vahingollinen (fi), haitallinen (fi), myrkyllinen (fi) French: nocif (fr) m. Italian: insalubre (it), nocivo (it), malsano (it) Japanese: 有毒な (ゆうどくな, yūdokuna) Polish: szkodliwy, niezdrowy Portuguese: nocivo (pt) m.

Romanian: nociv (ro) m. and n., vătămător (ro) m. and n., nesănătos (ro) m. and n. Russian: ядовитый (ru), вредный (ru) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ште̏тан (sh) m. Roman: štȅtan (sh) m. Spanish: nocivo (es) m.

External links

• noxious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• noxious in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• noxious at OneLook Dictionary Search