Menacing and Noxious

Menacing

Menacing adjective - Involving potential loss or injury.
Usage example: fears that the unemployment rate may be reaching menacing proportions

Noxious and menacing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Noxious" instead an adjective "Menacing".

Nearby Words: menace, menaced, menacingly

Noxious

Noxious adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.
Usage example: noxious smog that for years has been encrusting the historic cathedral with soot

Menacing and noxious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Menacing" instead an adjective "Noxious".

Nearby Words: noxiousness, noxiously
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