Thesaurus / noxious
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
They also rinsed polluted areas with acids to neutralize the pH, removed and replaced contaminated topsoil in farming villages, and dredged bodies of water to catch any noxious debris.
5 FAMOUS ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS WHERE HUMANS AND NATURE HEALED TOGETHERMEERA SUBRAMANIANFEBRUARY 16, 2021POPULAR SCIENCE
Fox News has been pumping noxious ideas into the public discourse for decades.
NEVER FORGET FOX NEWS’S PROMOTION OF THE ‘BIG LIE’ERIK WEMPLEJANUARY 19, 2021WASHINGTON POST
For the good of all — the town, the market, the league — the NFL should clear the noxious Snyder out of the building, as it has every right and reason to, so the franchise can truly move on and be whole.
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Others speak of vermin, noxious plants, or instances of uncleanliness.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEY
The dictator Tubertus Posthumus gained a victory over the qui and Volsci, inconsiderable but noxious enemies of the commonwealth.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELL
Hour after hour the big hole deepened until the Seabees ran into noxious gases.
THE FLAMING MOUNTAINHAROLD LELAND GOODWIN
The alien picked his way fastidiously through the noxious debris to the end of the long room.
STAR BORNANDRE NORTON
I felt a shudder run through me at the mention of the noxious creature, and brought the gun to bear as we advanced.
MASS' GEORGEGEORGE MANVILLE FENN
Now noisy, noxious numbers notice nought, Of outward obstacles o'ercoming ought; Poor patriots perish, persecution's pest!
THE BOOK OF HUMOROUS VERSEVARIOUS
All these attractions may be cultivated without nourishing the noxious weed of vanity, which many mothers dread so much.
GIRLS AND WOMENHARRIET E. PAINE (AKA E. CHESTER}
WORDS RELATED TO NOXIOUS
- baneful
- chancy
- corrupt
- corrupting
- dangerous
- degenerate
- degrading
- deleterious
- demoralizing
- detrimental
- harmful
- hazardous
- insalubrious
- jeopardous
- morbid
- nefarious
- negative
- noisome
- noxious
- perilous
- perverse
- poisonous
- risky
- rotten
- treacherous
- undesirable
- unhealthful
- unsanitary
- unsound
- unwholesome
- villainous
- virulent
- wicked
- abandoned
- abject
- appalling
- bad
- base
- coarse
- contemptible
- corrupt
- debased
- degenerate
- depraved
- despicable
- dirty
- disgraceful
- disgusting
- evil
- filthy
- foul
- horrid
- humiliating
- ignoble
- immoral
- impure
- iniquitous
- loathsome
- low
- mean
- miserable
- nasty
- nauseating
- nefarious
- noxious
- perverted
- repellent
- repugnant
- repulsive
- revolting
- shocking
- sickening
- sinful
- sleazy
- stinking
- ugly
- vicious
- vulgar
- wicked
- worthless
- wretched
- abandoned
- abject
- appalling
- bad
- base
- coarse
- contemptible
- corrupt
- debased
- degenerate
- depraved
- despicable
- dirty
- disgraceful
- disgusting
- evil
- filthy
- foul
- horrid
- humiliating
- ignoble
- immoral
- impure
- iniquitous
- loathsome
- low
- mean
- miserable
- nasty
- nauseating
- nefarious
- noxious
- perverted
- repellent
- repugnant
- repulsive
- revolting
- shocking
- sickening
- sinful
- sleazy
- stinking
- ugly
- vicious
- vulgar
- wicked
- worthless
- wretched
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.