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NOXIOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does noxiousness mean?
• NOXIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun NOXIOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being noxious
Familiarity information: NOXIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being noxious
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
harmfulness; noisomeness; noxiousness
Hypernyms ("noxiousness" is a kind of...):
morbidity; morbidness; unwholesomeness (the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you)
Derivation:
noxious (injurious to physical or mental health)
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