Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR NOCUOUS
damaging
adjectivehurtful to reputationdeleterious
adjectiveharmful, damagingharmful
adjectiveinjurious, hurtful- adverse
- bad
- baleful
- baneful
- calamitous
- cataclysmic
- catastrophic
- consumptive
- corroding
- corrupting
- crippling
- damaging
- deleterious
- destructive
- detrimental
- dire
- disadvantageous
- disastrous
- evil
- harassing
- incendiary
- inimical
- internecine
- malefic
- malicious
- malignant
- menacing
- mischievous
- murderous
- nocuous
- noxious
- painful
- pernicious
- pestiferous
- pestilential
- risky
- ruinous
- sinful
- sinister
- subversive
- toxic
- undermining
- unhealthy
- unsafe
- unwholesome
- virulent
hurtful
adjectiveinjurious, cruelill
adjectivebad, evil- acrimonious
- adverse
- antagonistic
- cantankerous
- cross
- damaging
- deleterious
- detrimental
- disrespectful
- disturbing
- foreboding
- foul
- harmful
- harsh
- hateful
- hostile
- hurtful
- ill-mannered
- impertinent
- inauspicious
- inimical
- iniquitous
- injurious
- malevolent
- malicious
- nocent
- nocuous
- noxious
- ominous
- ruinous
- sinister
- sullen
- surly
- threatening
- unfavorable
- unfortunate
- unfriendly
- ungracious
- unhealthy
- unkind
- unlucky
- unpromising
- unpropitious
- unwholesome
- vile
- wicked
- wrong
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.