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Oh my word Noxious, Obnoxious
Not only was the air noxious, even his presence was obnoxious to me but I did not have choice to escape and I have to put up with both of them: noxious air and obnoxious conversation.Noxious means deadly, that which is harmful, that which is poisonous, injurious; unhealthy, hurtful, unwholesome. Noxious is an adjective. The derivatives of noxious are noxiously (adverb) and noxiousness (noun).
Not only was the air noxious, even his presence was obnoxious to me but I did not have choice to escape and I have to put up with both of them: noxious air and obnoxious conversation.Noxious means deadly, that which is harmful, that which is poisonous, injurious; unhealthy, hurtful, unwholesome. Noxious is an adjective. The derivatives of noxious are noxiously (adverb) and noxiousness (noun). It comes from the Latin word noxa meaning harm.
The opposite of noxious is harmless. Chemical plants take precaution from noxious gases. Firefighters are also trained to fight noxious fumes, It is not rare to read news items when people sitting in a car could have been killed by noxious fumes. New Delhi’s air has become almost noxious. India’s national capital is making news for its air quality and its noxiousness.
Some pharmaceutical companies in and around Hyderabad act obnoxiously. They take little effort in preventing from releasing noxious gases into the air. Bhopal Gas Tragedy: In the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, on the night 2 December 1984 the Union Carbide Factory leaked 27 tons of the noxious gas called methyl isocyanate because the plants six safety systems were not operational and the noxious gas leaked into the city of Bhopal the capital of the state.
As a result of this gas leak about half a million people were exposed to the deadly gas and 25,000 have died to the exposure of the air. The Union Carbide was a pesticide factory started by a US company. The noxious gases drifted into the densely populated part of the Old City area. To this day, the noxiousness of the defunct plant makes news and the people affected by it are not yet compensated properly.
Obnoxious means offensive, blame worthy, objectionable, disliked, nasty, foul, revolting, obscene. Obnoxious is an adjective. It comes from the Latin word obnoxiosus. Its derivatives are obnoxiously (adverb) and obnoxiousness (noun). Originally, the sense of the word was vulnerable to harm. The opposite of obnoxious is pleasant.
Political spokespersons could be obnoxious towards their opponents. The standard norm is that newspapers across the world refrain from publishing obnoxious words: f***, sh**, di*****d, and others words could be offensive to the reader. Who is the most obnoxious person you have met?
“Being uneducated is no guarantee against being obnoxious.” –Walker Percy, Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book The general rule is that to avoid the companionship of obnoxiously drunk unless he or she is your dear mate or spouse.
Kovuuri G Reddy
