noxious

a. [ L. noxius, fr. noxa harm; akin to nocere to harm, hurt. Cf. Nuisance, Necromancy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples. [ 1913 Webster ]

Too frequent an appearance in places of public resort is noxious to spiritual promotions. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Guilty; criminal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Those who are noxious in the eye of the law. Abp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Noisome; hurtful; harmful; injurious; destructive; pernicious; mischievous; corrupting; baneful; unwholesome; insalubrious. See Noisome. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Nox"ious*ly, adv. -- Nox"ious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]