What is another word for poisonous?
Synonyms for poisonous
ˈpɔɪ zə nəspoi·sonous
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
poisonous
Pernicious (Latin per, through, and neco, kill) signifies having the power of destroying or injuring, tending to hurt or kill. Pernicious is stronger than injurious; that which is injurious is capable of doing harm; that which is pernicious is likely to be destructive. Noxious (Latin noceo, hurt) is a stronger word than noisome, as referring to that which is injurious or destructive. Noisome now always denotes that which is extremely disagreeable or disgusting, especially to the sense of smell; as, the noisome stench proclaimed the presence of noxious gases.
Synonyms:
bad, baneful, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesomeAntonyms:
advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
poisonous
Synonyms:
venomous, infect ant, vicious, corruptive, vitiative, noxious, baneful, malignant, morbific, peccant, virulent, pestiferous, mephitic, deleteriousAntonyms:
wholesome, genial, beneficial, sanative, invigorative, healthful, innoxious, restorative, remedial, hygeian
Princeton's WordNet
poisonous, toxicantadjective
having the qualities or effects of a poison
Synonyms:
venomous, toxicant, viciousAntonyms:
nontoxic, comestible, atoxic, eatable, unmalicious, ediblepoisonousadjective
not safe to eat
Synonyms:
venomous, toxicant, viciousAntonyms:
atoxic, comestible, unmalicious, edible, nontoxic, eatablepoisonous, venomous, viciousadjective
marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
"poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"
Synonyms:
virulent, toxicant, deplorable, savage, barbarous, reprehensible, fell, venomous, criminal, condemnable, roughshod, cruel, evil, vicious, deadly, brutalAntonyms:
eatable, unmalicious, atoxic, comestible, nontoxic, edible
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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#841 | bad | |
#2384 | criminal | |
#3009 | evil | |
#3386 | sam | |
#4538 | fell | |
#6660 | toxic | |
#9200 | deadly | |
#9271 | brutal | |
#9672 | harmful | |
#9718 | foul | |
#9792 | savage | |
#10000 | poison | |
#11289 | cruel | |
#13351 | destructive | |
#15592 | malignant | |
#15992 | vicious | |
#20371 | detrimental | |
#24683 | poisonous | |
#29119 | poisoned | |
#31651 | noxious | |
#42095 | injurious | |
#42256 | mischievous | |
#43797 | virulent | |
#43999 | deleterious | |
#48711 | pernicious | |
#51420 | venomous | |
#54344 | hurtful | |
#55032 | deplorable | |
#58505 | reprehensible | |
#66341 | barbarous | |
#84995 | ruinous | |
#101921 | unwholesome | |
#109528 | toxicant | |
#126547 | roughshod | |
#132519 | baneful | |
#177128 | perverting | |
#196741 | unhealthful | |
#227568 | noisome | |
#264537 | pestilential | |
#290986 | condemnable | |
#299977 | corruptive |
How to use poisonous in a sentence?
British Prime Minister David Cameron:
To defeat this poisonous ideology, we must be clear about why it is so wrong. We must expose and defeat what it is that persuades young people, from Tunisia to Kuwait, from Belgium to Britain, to join ISIL.
We share the concerns of many Americans that extremists are creating a poisonous environment that feeds domestic terrorism in this country. We will never back away from providing care in a safe, supportive environment that millions of people rely on and trust.
All of us have been horrified by the way that British teenagers appear to have been radicalized and duped by this poisonous ideology of Islamist extremism while at home on the internet in their bedrooms, given reports that one of the girls was following as many as 70 extremists online, this case underlines the importance of the work we are doing with social media companies.
You will ruin no more lives as you ruined mine. You will wring no more hearts as you wrung mine. I will free the world of a poisonous thing. Take that, you hound, and that! -- and that! -- and that! -- and that!
I smelled something, so I took a deep breath in. Bad mistake, i realized there was definitely something poisonous in the air.
Translations for poisonous
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- سميArabic
- ядаві́тыBelarusian
- verinós, tòxicCatalan, Valencian
- jedovatýCzech
- giftigDanish
- toxisch, giftigGerman
- δηλητηριώδηςGreek
- venena, venenigaEsperanto
- ponzoñoso, venenoso, tóxicoSpanish
- myrkyllinenFinnish
- vénéneux, toxique, poisoneuxFrench
- puinnseantaScottish Gaelic
- nieuagh, pyshoonaghManx
- mérgező, mérgesHungarian
- թունաւորArmenian
- 有毒Japanese
- indīgsLatvian
- отровенMacedonian
- giftigDutch
- giftig, skadeligNorwegian
- trującyPolish
- tóxico, venenosoPortuguese
- veninos, otrăvitorRomanian
- ядовитый, токсичныйRussian
- strupenSlovene
- విషపూరితTelugu
- zehirliTurkish
- отру́йнийUkrainian
- venenikVolapük
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