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poisonous

(pɔɪzənəs)
1. adjective
Something that is poisonous will kill you or make you ill if you swallow or absorb it.
All parts of the yew tree are poisonous, including the berries.
...a large cloud of poisonous gas.
Synonyms: toxic, fatal, deadly, lethal More Synonyms of poisonous
2. adjective
An animal that is poisonous produces a poison that will kill you or make you ill if the animal bites you.
There are hundreds of poisonous spiders and snakes.
3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe something as poisonous, you mean that it is extremely unpleasant and likely to spoil or destroy a good relationship or situation.
...poisonous comments.
...lying awake half the night tormented by poisonous suspicions.
...poisonous attacks on the state-run church.
More Synonyms of poisonous

poisonous in British English

(ˈpɔɪzənəs)
adjective
1. 
having the effects or qualities of a poison
2. 
capable of killing or inflicting injury; venomous
3. 
corruptive or malicious
Derived forms
poisonously (ˈpoisonously)
adverb
poisonousness (ˈpoisonousness)
noun

poisonous in American English

(ˈpɔɪzənəs)
adjective
capable of injuring or killing by or as by poison; containing, or having the effects of, a poison; toxic; venomous
Derived forms
poisonously (ˈpoisonously)
adverb
poisonousness (ˈpoisonousness)
noun

Examples of 'poisonous' in a sentence
poisonous

They knew which plants were poisonous, which were not.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The berries of both plants are poisonous, and will burn the lips.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Used in small amounts for culinary purposes but poisonous in large quantities.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Live in a poisonous atmosphere and take on your battles for you?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
These lakes were full of poisonous gases from the volcano.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We will defeat their poisonous and twisted ideology.
The Sun (2016)
They may have consumed poisonous plants and been exposed to slug pellets.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We know that mercury is extremely poisonous.
MacIntyre, Anne M. E. Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome - How To Live With It (1989)
Rolling clouds of poisonous gases had seeped into their lungs and killed them where they stood.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Allowing players to voice their grievances will simply give rise to an atmosphere of poisonous recrimination.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The whole plant is poisonous to eat.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The idea of a poisonous snake makes nature rather too close.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
She was a like poisonous snake in his house.
The Sun (2014)
When cops found him at a park outside the vehicle he had inhaled poisonous gas but was alive.
The Sun (2015)
The biggest concern is that the poisonous atmosphere is spreading into more general antagonism towards the profit motive.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She portrays a poisonous atmosphere in which journalism and freedom of speech had become matters of life and death.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
But she recoiled in horror when the poisonous Chilean rose spider wriggled into life.
The Sun (2010)
Britain's most poisonous spider can be lethal.
The Sun (2015)
Otherwise, the poisonous gases in the tunnels will kill us.
Christianity Today (2000)
He races to the farm and finds the trio lying motionless, having inhaled poisonous gas!
The Sun (2010)
A cloud of poisonous vapour drifted towards the city.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
More than 20,000 people also died in Britain from the poisonous ash cloud.
The Sun (2011)
A man in Swindon recently had a particularly terrifying shock when he found a nest of poisonous spiders in his kitchen cupboard.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

In other languages
poisonous

British English: poisonous /ˈpɔɪzənəs/ ADJECTIVE
Something that is poisonous will kill you or harm you if you swallow or absorb it.
Ten workmen breathed in poisonous gas.
  • American English: poisonous
  • Arabic: سامّ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: venenoso
  • Chinese: 有毒的
  • Croatian: otrovan
  • Czech: jedovatý
  • Danish: giftig
  • Dutch: giftig
  • European Spanish: venenoso
  • Finnish: myrkyllinen
  • French: venimeux
  • German: giftig
  • Greek: δηλητηριώδης
  • Italian: velenoso
  • Japanese: 有毒な
  • Korean: 유해한
  • Norwegian: giftig
  • Polish: toksyczny
  • European Portuguese: venenoso
  • Romanian: otrăvitor
  • Russian: ядовитый
  • Latin American Spanish: venenoso
  • Swedish: giftig
  • Thai: ซึ่งเป็นพิษ
  • Turkish: zehirli
  • Ukrainian: отруйний
  • Vietnamese: độc

Chinese translation of 'poisonous'

poisonous

(ˈpɔɪznəs)

adj

  1. (lit) [animal, plant, fumes, chemicals] 有毒的 (yǒudú de)
  2. (fig) [rumours, comments] 恶(惡)毒的 (èdú de)
1 (adjective) 
Definition
of or like a poison
All parts of the yew tree are poisonous.
Synonyms
toxic
the cost of cleaning up toxic waste
fatal
She had suffered a fatal heart attack.
deadly
a deadly disease currently affecting dolphins
lethal
a lethal dose of sleeping pills
mortal
a mortal blow
virulent
A virulent form of the disease has appeared in Belgium.
noxious
carbon monoxide and other noxious gases
venomous
The adder is Britain's only venomous snake.
baneful (archaic)
mephitic
a mephitic stench
2 (adjective) 
Definition
malicious
poisonous attacks on the Church
Synonyms
evil
Few people would not condemn slavery as evil.
vicious
a vicious attack on a woman's character
malicious
She described the charges as malicious.
corrupting
pernicious (formal)
the pernicious effects of alcoholism
baleful
He had a baleful look.
baneful (archaic)
pestiferous

Additional synonyms

in the sense of baleful
Definition
harmful, menacing, or vindictive
He had a baleful look.
Synonyms
menacing,
threatening,
dangerous,
frightening,
evil,
deadly,
forbidding,
intimidating,
harmful,
sinister,
ominous,
malignant,
hurtful,
vindictive,
pernicious (formal),
malevolent,
noxious,
venomous,
ruinous,
intimidatory,
minatory,
maleficent,
bodeful,
louring or lowering,
minacious
in the sense of baneful
Synonyms
harmful,
fatal,
deadly,
disastrous,
destructive,
hurtful,
pernicious (formal),
noxious,
venomous,
ruinous,
calamitous,
baleful,
deleterious (formal),
injurious,
pestilential,
maleficent
in the sense of deadly
Definition
likely to cause death
a deadly disease currently affecting dolphins
Synonyms
lethal,
fatal,
deathly,
dangerous,
devastating,
destructive,
mortal,
murderous,
poisonous,
toxic,
malignant,
virulent,
pernicious (formal),
noxious,
venomous,
baleful,
death-dealing,
baneful

Synonyms of 'poisonous'

poisonous

Explore 'poisonous' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of fatal
Definition
resulting in death
She had suffered a fatal heart attack.
Synonyms
lethal,
deadly,
mortal,
causing death,
final,
killing,
terminal,
destructive,
malignant,
incurable,
pernicious (formal)
in the sense of lethal
Definition
capable of causing death
a lethal dose of sleeping pills
Synonyms
deadly,
terminal,
fatal,
deathly,
dangerous,
devastating,
destructive,
mortal,
murderous,
poisonous,
toxic,
virulent,
pernicious (formal),
noxious,
baneful
in the sense of malicious
She described the charges as malicious.
Synonyms
spiteful,
malevolent,
malignant,
vicious,
bitter,
resentful,
pernicious (formal),
vengeful,
bitchy (informal),
hateful,
baleful,
injurious,
rancorous,
catty (informal),
shrewish,
ill-disposed,
evil-minded,
ill-natured
in the sense of mephitic
a mephitic stench
Synonyms
foul,
stinking,
poisonous,
noxious,
fetid,
foul-smelling,
putrid,
malodorous,
noisome,
pestilential,
baneful,
miasmic,
olid,
miasmal,
miasmatic,
baleful,
evil- or ill-smelling,
festy (Australian, slang)
in the sense of mortal
Definition
causing death
a mortal blow
Synonyms
fatal,
killing,
terminal,
deadly,
destructive,
lethal,
murderous,
death-dealing
in the sense of noxious
Definition
poisonous or harmful
carbon monoxide and other noxious gases
Synonyms
harmful,
deadly,
poisonous,
toxic,
unhealthy,
hurtful,
pernicious (formal),
injurious,
unwholesome,
noisome,
pestilential,
insalubrious,
foul,
baneful (archaic),
detrimental
in the sense of pernicious
Definition
causing grave harm
the pernicious effects of alcoholism
Synonyms
wicked,
bad,
damaging,
dangerous,
evil,
offensive,
fatal,
deadly,
destructive,
harmful,
toxic,
poisonous,
malicious,
malign,
malignant,
detrimental,
hurtful,
malevolent,
noxious,
venomous,
ruinous,
baleful,
deleterious (formal),
injurious,
noisome,
baneful (archaic),
pestilent,
maleficent
in the sense of venomous
The adder is Britain's only venomous snake.
Synonyms
poisonous,
poison,
toxic,
virulent,
noxious,
baneful (archaic),
envenomed,
mephitic
in the sense of vicious
Definition
intended to cause hurt or distress
a vicious attack on a woman's character
Synonyms
malicious,
vindictive,
spiteful,
mean,
cruel,
venomous,
bitchy (informal),
defamatory,
rancorous,
backbiting,
slanderous
in the sense of virulent
Definition
extremely poisonous or harmful
A virulent form of the disease has appeared in Belgium.
Synonyms
deadly,
lethal,
toxic,
poisonous,
malignant,
pernicious (formal),
venomous,
septic,
infective,
injurious,
baneful (archaic)
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