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polluted

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

polluted (comparative more polluted, superlative most polluted)

made unclean or impure
Antonyms: uncontaminated, unpolluted
(Ireland) drunk

Derived terms

half polluted
light-polluted
pollutedly
pollutedness

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Verb

polluted

simple past tense of pollute

References

polluted in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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noxious

English

Alternative forms

noctious (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin noxius (“hurtful, injurious”), from noxa (“hurt, injury”), from nocere (“to hurt, injure”); see nocent.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?k??s/

Adjective

noxious (comparative more noxious, superlative most noxious)

Harmful; injurious.

Usage notes

Nouns to which "noxious" is often applied: substance, chemical, fume, gas, odor, plant, weed, animal, stimulus, stimulation.

Synonyms

harmful
injurious
scathel
see also Thesaurus:harmful

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