What are some opposite words for innocuous?
Antonyms for innocuous
ɪˈnɒk yu əsin·nocu·ous
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term innocuous.
Wiktionary
innocuousadjective
Harmless; producing no ill effect.
Synonyms:
innoxious
English Synonyms and Antonyms
innocuous
Innocent, in the full sense, signifies not tainted with sin; not having done wrong or violated legal or moral precept or duty; as, an innocent babe. Innocent is a negative word, expressing less than righteous, upright, or virtuous, which imply knowledge of good and evil, with free choice of the good. A little child or a lamb is innocent; a tried and faithful man is righteous, upright, virtuous. Immaculate, pure, and sinless may be used either of one who has never known the possibility of evil or of one who has perfectly and triumphantly resisted it. Innocent is used of inanimate substances in the sense of harmless; as, an innocent remedy, that is, one not dangerous, even if not helpful. Innocent, in a specific case, signifies free from the guilt of a particular act, even tho the total character may be very evil; as, the thief was found to be innocent of the murder. See CANDID; PURE.
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Synonyms:
blameless, clean, clear, faultless, guileless, guiltless, harmless, immaculate, innocent, innoxious, inoffensive, pure, right, righteous, sinless, spotless, stainless, upright, virtuous
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
innocuous
Antonyms:
obnoxious, hurtful, deleterious, insidiousSynonyms:
inoffensive, harmless, wholesome
Princeton's WordNet
innocuousadjective
not injurious to physical or mental health
Antonyms:
vesicant, degrading, pernicious, baneful, vesicatory, noxious, harmful, deadly, corrupting, pestilent, offensiveSynonyms:
innocent, unobjectionableinnocuous, unobjectionableadjective
not causing disapproval
"it was an innocuous remark"; "confined himself to innocuous generalities"; "unobjectionable behavior"
Antonyms:
pernicious, baneful, deadly, pestilent, vesicatory, offensive, vesicant, corrupting, noxious, harmful, degradingSynonyms:
clean, innocent, unobjectionableinnocent, innocuousadjective
lacking intent or capacity to injure
"an innocent prank"
Antonyms:
deadly, pernicious, noxious, degrading, vesicant, pestilent, corrupting, offensive, vesicatory, harmful, banefulSynonyms:
impeccant, innocent, barren, guiltless, devoid, innocent(p), unacquainted(p), clean-handed, ingenuous, free, sinless, unobjectionable, destitute
How to use innocuous in a sentence?
Awareness is the main thing, i think people just aren't aware that something so seemingly harmless could actually be damaging. I think people are probably more aware that, for example, batteries contain chemicals that can damage the gut very substantially, but magnets seem very innocuous objects.
The intelligence agencies pushing this false Russian narrative through a series of illegal hacks have hurt my ability to make a living and are soiling my reputation, the government is in possession of no evidence whatsoever that I colluded with the Russian State. Any inference that my innocuous fully disclosed Twitter exchange and tweets with a hacker known as Gruccifer 2.0 (sic), who may not may not be a Russian asset, constitutes 'collusion' is disproved by the content, the facts and the timeline of events.
This indictment is filled with allegations of innocuous events that somehow the government has cobbled into a theory of bribery, it's not a crime to be friends with people you work with.
This notion that American law enforcement is somehow dangerous to students or the very innocuous slogan of ‘Back the Blue.’ In other words, we support our police that that is somehow a triggering issue or somehow a sensitive thing to say. Again, it's silliness, and it's based on a false narrative, and we, the American people, have got to continue to stand together to fight that false narrative.
I saw nothing. I looked up and he was limping to the third base bag, it was kind of innocuous and I had no idea why. It was hurting him pretty good.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#6274 | offensive | |
#9200 | deadly | |
#9672 | harmful | |
#26371 | degrading | |
#29579 | obnoxious | |
#31651 | noxious | |
#39559 | insidious | |
#43999 | deleterious | |
#48630 | innocuous | |
#48711 | pernicious | |
#54344 | hurtful | |
#55825 | corrupting | |
#132519 | baneful | |
#245384 | pestilent |
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