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nocuous

/ˈnɑ.kju.əs/

nocuous adjective: likely to cause harm or damage.

Adjective

nocuous (comparative more nocuous, superlative most nocuous)

  1. Likely to cause harm or damage.

nocuous meaning in Tamil and Urdu

nocuous in Tamil

தீங்கு உண்டாக்குகிற

nocuous in Urdu

مخرب اخلاق, مضر

Antonyms of nocuous

Forms of nocuous

comparativemore nocuous
superlativemost nocuous

Origin of nocuous

Ultimately from Latin nocuus (“harmful”).

Words formed from nocuous

Questions about nocuous

What does nocuous mean?
Nocuous means likely to cause harm or damage.
What is nocuous in Tamil?
Nocuous in Tamil is தீங்கு உண்டாக்குகிற. See Nocuous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nocuous?
Nocuous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce nocuous?
Nocuous is pronounced /ˈnɑ.kju.əs/.

Words near nocuous in the dictionary

  1. nocturnists
  2. nocturnoside
  3. nocturns
  4. nocuity
  5. nocument
  6. nocuous
  7. nocuously
  8. nocuousness
  9. nod
  10. nod in
  11. nod off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nocuous (page history and authors); nocuous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nocuous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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