Poisonous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Capable of harming or killing by or as if by poison; toxic or venomous.
  • adj. Containing a poison.
  • adj. Marked by apparent ill will: "poisonous hate . . . in his eyes” ( Ernest Hemingway).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous
  • adj. Inedible due to containing poison; poisonous to eat
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the properties of a poison; containing poison; venomous; hence, corrupting, vitiating, or impairing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. not safe to eat
  • adj. marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
  • adj. having the qualities or effects of a poison
  • Equivalent
    uneatable    inedible    malicious    toxic   
    Antonym
    innocuous    healthful   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    venomous    baneful    corrupting    noxious    virulent    poisoning    virous    venenous    venenose    toxicant   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    noxious    deadly    venomous    toxic    foul    harmful    acrid    lethal    oily    volatile