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单词 noxious
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noxious

A STUDENT died after being overcome from noxious fumes at a university halls of residence.We carry oxygen tanks and gas detectors which detect noxious gases and low oxygen.The small probes were hissing and seemed to be emitting noxious gas.Do they spit venom or emit noxious smells?In addition, charcoal granules will absorb noxious gases.In fact they contained a chemical with an indelible, noxious smell.British airlines in particular had worried about the amount of CO2 and other noxious fumes blamed on flying.Speculation was rife that a ship at sea had emptied its tanks and released a noxious gas that was carried ashore on southerly winds.It should hardly need mentioning that the welfare of users demands that all interiors be free of products that emit unpleasant or noxious fumes.It comes off the wall like a noxious gas, as strong in the photographer as in the photographed.A university researcher is locked inside a lab as noxious fumes and rats for experimentation are let loose.The whole of central London is not entirely choked by noxious fumes, though.It is true that economic growth can degrade the environment: the noxious fumes in many Chinese cities are a case in point.A police spokesman said: 'It appears he was overcome by noxious fumes.
(adjective) 
Definition
poisonous or harmful
carbon monoxide and other noxious gases
Synonyms
harmful
the harmful effects of smoking
deadly
a deadly disease currently affecting dolphins
poisonous
All parts of the yew tree are poisonous.
toxic
unhealthy
the unhealthy environment of a coal mine
hurtful
Her comments were very hurtful to Mrs Green's family.
pernicious (formal)
the pernicious effects of alcoholism
injurious
Stress in itself is not necessarily injurious.
unwholesome
a chemically reactive ecologically unwholesome substance
noisome
His noisome reputation for corruption had already begun to spread.
pestilential
the pestilential grey squirrel
insalubrious
foul
baneful (archaic)
detrimental
These foods are considered detrimental to health.
Opposites
safe
,
harmless
,
innocuous
,
not dangerous
,
nontoxic
,
innoxious

Additional synonyms

in the sense of baneful
Synonyms
harmful,
fatal,
deadly,
disastrous,
destructive,
hurtful,
pernicious (formal),
noxious,
venomous,
ruinous,
calamitous,
baleful,
deleterious (formal),
injurious,
pestilential,
maleficent
in the sense of deadly
Definition
likely to cause death
a deadly disease currently affecting dolphins
Synonyms
lethal,
fatal,
deathly,
dangerous,
devastating,
destructive,
mortal,
murderous,
poisonous,
toxic,
malignant,
virulent,
pernicious (formal),
noxious,
venomous,
baleful,
death-dealing,
baneful
in the sense of detrimental
These foods are considered detrimental to health.
Synonyms
damaging,
destructive,
harmful,
adverse,
pernicious (formal),
unfavourable,
prejudicial,
baleful,
deleterious (formal),
injurious,
inimical,
disadvantageous

Nearby words of
noxious

  • now
  • now and then or again
  • nowadays
  • noxious
  • nuance
  • nub
  • nubile

Synonyms of 'noxious'

noxious

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of hurtful
Her comments were very hurtful to Mrs Green's family.
Synonyms
unkind,
upsetting,
distressing,
mean,
cutting,
damaging,
wounding,
nasty,
cruel,
destructive,
harmful,
malicious,
mischievous,
detrimental,
pernicious (formal),
spiteful,
prejudicial,
injurious,
disadvantageous,
maleficent
in the sense of injurious
Definition
causing harm
Stress in itself is not necessarily injurious.
Synonyms
harmful,
bad,
damaging,
corrupting,
destructive,
adverse,
unhealthy,
detrimental,
hurtful,
toxic,
pernicious (formal),
noxious,
ruinous,
deleterious (formal),
iniquitous,
disadvantageous,
baneful (archaic),
maleficent,
unconducive
in the sense of noisome
His noisome reputation for corruption had already begun to spread.
Synonyms
poisonous,
bad,
harmful,
unhealthy,
mischievous,
hurtful,
pernicious (formal),
deleterious (formal),
injurious,
unwholesome,
pestilential,
baneful (archaic),
pestiferous
in the sense of pernicious
Definition
causing grave harm
the pernicious effects of alcoholism
Synonyms
wicked,
bad,
damaging,
dangerous,
evil,
offensive,
fatal,
deadly,
destructive,
harmful,
toxic,
poisonous,
malicious,
malign,
malignant,
detrimental,
hurtful,
malevolent,
noxious,
venomous,
ruinous,
baleful,
deleterious (formal),
injurious,
noisome,
baneful (archaic),
pestilent,
maleficent
in the sense of pestilential
the pestilential grey squirrel
Synonyms
deadly,
dangerous,
evil,
foul,
destructive,
harmful,
hazardous,
detrimental,
pernicious (formal),
ruinous,
deleterious (formal),
injurious
in the sense of poisonous
Definition
of or like a poison
All parts of the yew tree are poisonous.
Synonyms
toxic,
fatal,
deadly,
lethal,
mortal,
virulent,
noxious,
venomous,
baneful (archaic),
mephitic
in the sense of unhealthy
Definition
likely to cause illness or poor health
the unhealthy environment of a coal mine
Synonyms
harmful,
detrimental,
unwholesome,
noxious,
toxic,
deleterious (formal),
insanitary,
noisome,
insalubrious
in the sense of unwholesome
Definition
harmful to the body or mind
a chemically reactive ecologically unwholesome substance
Synonyms
harmful,
unhealthy,
noxious,
deleterious (formal),
junk (informal),
tainted,
poisonous,
insanitary,
insalubrious,
unnourishing
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