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poisonous
[ poi-zuh-nuhs ]
adjective
- full of or containing poison:
poisonous air; a poisonous substance.
- harmful; destructive:
poisonous to animals; poisonous rumors.
- deeply malicious; malevolent:
poisonous efforts.
poisonous
/ ˈpɔɪzənəs /
adjective
- having the effects or qualities of a poison
- capable of killing or inflicting injury; venomous
- corruptive or malicious
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Derived Forms
- ˈpoisonousness, noun
- ˈpoisonously, adverb
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Other Words From
- poison·ous·ly adverb
- poison·ous·ness noun
- non·poison·ous adjective
- non·poison·ous·ly adverb
- non·poison·ous·ness noun
- semi·poison·ous adjective
- semi·poison·ous·ly adverb
- un·poison·ous adjective
- un·poison·ous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of poisonous1
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Example Sentences
Alcohol and sugar, even in moderate amounts, are not only sinful but poisonous.
The stench of corruption is settling over world soccer like a poisonous fog, and players are paying the price.
They unlaced her and tried to find something poisonous in her hair, but nothing helped.
In Greek mythology, the Gorgon Medusa had the face of a woman and poisonous snakes for hair; her glance could turn men to stone.
Other organisms died off in large numbers because oxygen was poisonous to them.
The island is especially favoured; it contains no poisonous or hurtful insects or reptiles.
That is the reason that the silliest, the meanest, the most poisonous girl can always find a husband if she is healthy.
Xetholine caniopus is a drug; not rare, not common, but violently poisonous.
She might struggle for her freedom, but she could not hope to avoid the darting, poisonous fangs of the snake.
It could scarcely send its poisonous fangs through her heavy boot, she reminded herself desperately.
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