Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Containing or being a poison.
- adjective Capable of harming or killing by poison.
- adjective Full of ill will; malicious or spiteful.
- adjective Harmful or destructive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the properties of a poison; containing poison; venomous; hence, corrupting, vitiating, or impairing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Containing sufficient
poison to bedangerous - adjective of an animal Inedible due to containing poison; poisonous to eat
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not safe to eat
- adjective marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
- adjective having the qualities or effects of a poison
Etymologies
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Examples
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"To my thinking such teaching is not only erroneous, it is positively poisonous -- yes, _poisonous_!"
Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers Harriette Brower 1898
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Churkin, angrily denied what he called poisonous, unsourced reports on the Internet aimed at subverting Russia's relationship with Arab countries in the aftermath of the Security Council veto.
NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ 2012
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I noticed something in the video that I've also noted elsewhere: When describing the scorpion the Japanese commentator uses the English word "poisonous".
"Like Kafka's 'Metamorphosis' in reverse, the giant, hideous beetle that was the GOP has suddenly been reborn as a vigorous youth...." Ann Althouse 2008
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Even Halloween face paint labeled "nontoxic" can contain poisonous metals.
Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: 10 Tips For A Green Halloween Jennifer Grayson 2010
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Lots of running around in poisonous fog wearing gasmasks while pursued by the undead.
So, that coalition then loveandgarbage 2010
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Even Halloween face paint labeled "nontoxic" can contain poisonous metals.
Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: 10 Tips For A Green Halloween Jennifer Grayson 2010
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Even Halloween face paint labeled "nontoxic" can contain poisonous metals.
Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: 10 Tips For A Green Halloween Jennifer Grayson 2010
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Even Halloween face paint labeled "nontoxic" can contain poisonous metals.
Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: 10 Tips For A Green Halloween Jennifer Grayson 2010
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CU researcher engineers sorghum that grows in poisonous soils
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I'm sick of the burning Hummers and the unreleased things that leak their way to the world in poisonous drips and pixels.
Memorial Day 2004
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