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noxious

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore N words

harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant

In a sentence

Noxious in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing noxious in a sentence.

Noxious fumes from the factory drifted over the nearby homes.

Synonyms
toxicharmfulpernicious
Antonyms
harmlessbenignwholesome
Common questions

Questions about “noxious

Noxious (adjective) means harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant
Here is noxious used in an example sentence: "Noxious fumes from the factory drifted over the nearby homes."
Common synonyms for noxious include toxic, harmful, pernicious.
Antonyms of noxious include harmless, benign, wholesome.
Noxious is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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