About The Word Poisonous

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Poisonous

Poisonous Meaning & Definition
Poisonous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Poisonous?

[adj] marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "a malevolent lie"; "poisonous hate...in his eyes"- Ernest Hemingway; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"
[adj] not safe to eat
[adj] having the qualities or effects of a poison

Synonyms | Synonyms for Poisonous: inedible | malevolent | malicious | toxic | toxicant | uneatable | venomous | vicious

Related Terms | Find terms related to Poisonous: bad | baleful | baneful | barfy | brackish | catching | cloying | communicable | contagious | corroding | corrosive | corrupting | corruptive | counterproductive | damaging | dangerous | deadly | defamatory | deleterious | destructive | detrimental | diabolical | disadvantageous | disserviceable | distressing | envenomed | evil | fatal | fetid | foul | fulsome | harmful | high | hurtful | icky | infectious | infective | injurious | lethal | maggoty | malefic | malevolent | malicious | malign | malignant | mawkish | mephitic | miasmal | miasmatic | miasmic | mischievous | mortal | nasty | nauseant | nauseating | nauseous | noisome | noxious | offensive | ominous | overripe | pernicious | pestiferous | pestilent | pestilential | poison | prejudicial | rancid | rank | rebarbative | rotten | scatheful | septic | sickening | slanderous | spoiled | stinking | toxic | toxicant | toxiferous | venenate | veneniferous | venenous | venomous | vicious | vile | virulent | vomity | weevily | yucky

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Poisonous In Webster's Dictionary

\Poi"son*ous\, a. Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious. --Shak. -- {Poi"son*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Poi"son*ous*ness}, n.

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