noxious - injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas"harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking" toxic - of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; "suffering from exposure to toxic substances" unwholesome - detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking" |