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noxiousness

/nok-shuhs/US // ˈnɒk ʃəs //UK // (ˈnɒkʃəs) //

毒性,恶性,毒害性,恶毒

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being: noxious fumes.
    • : morally harmful; corrupting; pernicious: a noxious plan to spread dissension.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inharm

Examples

  • This, combined with the ozone, made worse by the heat, and the pesticides from the nearby fields, led to a noxious, inflammatory cocktail that swirled deep in Nicolas’ family’s lungs.

  • Stay up to look, and you’ll notice entirely new animal sounds, too, especially since you no longer have to worry about the noxious noise of tents rustling in the wind.

  • One prominent theory viewed the human large intestine as a noxious reservoir of toxins, some of which resulted from bacteria breaking down food, the so-called “putrefaction” process.

  • There are even reports of people using buckets, and perhaps even plastic bags, and loading those containers into their cars while they’re full of a flammable, noxious liquid.

  • This is a starkly different moderation approach from Facebook and Twitter, which each set clear, granular, top-down rules in their terms of service and employ armies of contract workers and far-reaching algorithms to weed out noxious content.

  • Eric Cantor was a noxious, cookie-cutter, U.S. Chamber, GOP hypocrite.

  • The most noxious of these figures is New York University professor and Nation magazine contributor Stephen Cohen.

  • When I got out of the car I was assailed by another of the noxious stinks that Lufkin is distinguished for.

  • In that case, there was indeed a mistranslation, though the actual rendering was only slightly less noxious than the errant one.

  • Only the advancement of liberal democracy could serve as an antidote to the noxious strains of Islamism emanating from the region.

  • Others speak of vermin, noxious plants, or instances of uncleanliness.

  • The dictator Tubertus Posthumus gained a victory over the qui and Volsci, inconsiderable but noxious enemies of the commonwealth.

  • Hour after hour the big hole deepened until the Seabees ran into noxious gases.

  • The alien picked his way fastidiously through the noxious debris to the end of the long room.

  • I felt a shudder run through me at the mention of the noxious creature, and brought the gun to bear as we advanced.