NOXIOUS


Meaning of NOXIOUS in English

1.

A ~ gas or substance is poisonous or very harmful.

Many household products give off ~ fumes.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

2.

If you refer to someone or something as ~, you mean that they are extremely unpleasant. (FORMAL)

...the heavy, ~ smell of burning sugar, butter, fats, and flour...

Their behaviour was ~.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

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