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Meaning of 'noxious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Noxious [ a.]
- Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples.
- Guilty; criminal.

Meaning of 'noxious' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . noxious [ a]
Meaning (1):
- injurious to physical or mental health
Example in sentence:
  • noxious chemical wastes;
  • noxious ideas

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