What is the meaning of innocuous?
1 : producing no injury : harmless. 2 : not likely to give offense or to arouse strong feelings or hostility : inoffensive, insipid.
How do you use innocuous in a sentence?
Innocuous Sentence Examples
- They were innocuous pieces of code.
- The conversation was innocuous and she wasn’t identified by name.
- Why did I react the way I did to a relatively innocuous creature?
- I disagree with Nick here, the 1st foul looked innocuous, the second barely worth a booking.
What is a synonym for innocuous?
SYNONYMS. inoffensive, unobjectionable, unexceptionable, unoffending, harmless, mild, peaceful, gentle, tame, insipid. anodyne, bland, unremarkable, commonplace, run-of-the-mill.
What is the opposite of innocuous?
Antonyms: pernicious, baneful, deadly, pestilent, vesicatory, offensive, vesicant, corrupting, noxious, harmful, degrading. Synonyms: clean, innocent, unobjectionable. innocent, innocuous(adj)