Noxious vs Execrable - What's the difference?
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Harmful; injurious.
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Hateful.
* 1779 , Jefferson, letter to Patrick Henry written on March 27
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Noxious is a related term of execrable.
As adjectives the difference between noxious and execrable
is that noxious is harmful; injurious while execrable is loathsome, detestable.noxious
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)It's a gas, passage=But out of sight is out of mind. And that
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "noxious" is often applied: substance, chemical, fume, gas, odor, plant, weed, animal, stimulus, stimulation.Synonyms
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* * *execrable
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Adjective
(en adjective)- But is an enemy so execrable , that, though in captivity, his wishes and comforts are to be disregarded and even crossed? I think not. It is for the benefit of mankind to mitigate the horrors of war as much as possible.