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nocent

[noh-suhnt] / ˈnoʊ sənt /
ADJECTIVE
damaging
Synonyms
STRONGEST
detrimental harmful injurious prejudicial ruinous
WEAK
bad deleterious disadvantageous evil mischievous nocuous
Antonyms
STRONGEST
advantageous assisting beneficial helpful
WEAK
favorable
ADJECTIVE
deleterious
Synonyms
WEAK
bad destroying destructive detrimental hurtful injurious mischievous nocuous pernicious prejudicial prejudicious ruining ruinous
Antonyms
WEAK
aiding assisting helpful
ADJECTIVE
ill
Synonyms
STRONG
cross foreboding foul hostile unfortunate wrong
WEAK
acrimonious adverse antagonistic cantankerous damaging deleterious detrimental disrespectful disturbing harmful harsh hateful hurtful ill-mannered impertinent inauspicious inimical iniquitous injurious malevolent malicious nocuous noxious ominous ruinous sinister sullen surly threatening unfavorable unfriendly ungracious unhealthy unkind unlucky unpromising unpropitious unwholesome vile wicked
Antonyms
STRONG
good happy honest moral
WEAK
healthy sound strong well
ADJECTIVE
injurious
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adverse damaging destructive detrimental disadvantageous harmful insulting noxious pernicious poisonous prejudicial ruinous slanderous unhealthy
WEAK
abusive bad baneful corrupting dangerous deadly deleterious evil iniquitous libeling mischievous nocuous opprobrious unconducive unjust wrongful
Antonyms
STRONGEST
advantageous aiding assisting beneficial favorable good healthy helpful
WEAK
constructive curing fixing healing mending nice

Example Sentences

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Light stripes may suffice for quelling the less nocent dunces.

From Project Gutenberg

"It will clearly appear," he said, "where the guilt will lie if innocent persons should come to suffer with the nocent."

From Project Gutenberg

He divides his treatise into "bad and nocent books; bad books but not nocent; books not bad, but nocent; books neither bad nor nocent."

From Project Gutenberg

A court was established under an act of parliament in Dublin, to try the claims of 'nocent' and 'innocent' proprietors.

From Project Gutenberg

This leads to the remark that all parasitic growths are not nocent.

From Project Gutenberg

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.