Antonyms for noxiousness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nok-shuhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɒk ʃəs |
Definition of noxiousness
Origin :- c.1500, from Latin noxius "hurtful, injurious," from noxa "injury, hurt, damage entailing liability" (related to nocere "to hurt," and to nex "slaughter"), from PIE *nek-ro-, causative form of root *nek- "death" (see necro-).
- As in lethality : noun fatality
- As in vulgarism : noun corruption
- As in corruption : noun adulteration
- As in fatality : noun death, loss; ability to cause such
- As in harm : noun injury, evil
- He has had great success with women and therein lies his noxiousness.
- Extract from : « Why we should read » by S. P. B. Mais
- The element which I breathed appeared to have stagnated into noxiousness and putrefaction.
- Extract from : « Arthur Mervyn » by Charles Brockden Brown
Synonyms for noxiousness
- abuse
- accident
- banefulness
- barbarism
- casualty
- damage
- deadliness
- debasement
- decay
- defilement
- deleteriousness
- destructiveness
- detriment
- disaster
- disservice
- distortion
- doctoring
- dying
- falsification
- foul play
- foulness
- hurt
- ill
- immorality
- impairment
- inevitability
- infection
- infliction
- iniquity
- lethality
- lethalness
- loss
- marring
- mischance
- mischief
- misfortune
- misuse
- mortality
- necrosis
- noxiousness
- outrage
- perniciousness
- poisonousness
- pollution
- prejudice
- putrefaction
- putrescence
- ravage
- rot
- rottenness
- ruin
- ruination
- sabotage
- sin
- sinfulness
- solecism
- vandalism
- vice
- violence
- virulence
- wear and tear
- wickedness
- wrong
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