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noxious

/ˈnɒkʃəs/adjective

उच्चारण नॉक्शस

विषैला, हानिकारक, ज़हरीला

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adjective
  1. 1

    formal

    poisonous or harmful

    विषैला, हानिकारक, ज़हरीला

    • noxious fumes from the factory
    • noxious weeds that kill the crops
    • Noxious gas leaked from the broken pipe.
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    • The farmers fought noxious weeds with careful spraying.
    • Noxious chemicals polluted the stream below the factory.

    Synonyms harmful poisonous toxic injurious deadly

    Opposite harmless innocuous beneficial wholesome

  2. 2

    formal

    extremely unpleasant

    अत्यंत अप्रिय, घिनौना

    • a noxious smell
    • Noxious fumes from the factory forced the school to close.
    • A noxious odour came from the rubbish dump.
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    • The noxious smoke from burning plastic made everyone cough.
    • The room was filled with a noxious smell of rotten eggs.

    Synonyms nasty foul revolting offensive disgusting

    Opposite pleasant agreeable

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nox·ious

With -xious (not 'noxous' or 'noxsious'); from the Latin noxa, harm, the same root as obnoxious (very unpleasant, of people) and innocuous (harmless).

अंत में -xious ('noxous' या 'noxsious' गलत है); Latin noxa, हानि, से, obnoxious (बहुत अप्रिय, लोगों के लिए) और innocuous (हानिरहित) के मूल से।

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Keep apart noxious (poisonous, of things) and obnoxious (very unpleasant, of people).

Noxious (विषैला, चीज़ों के लिए) और obnoxious (बहुत अप्रिय, लोगों के लिए) को अलग रखिए।