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Definition of poisonous in English: poisonousadjective ˈpɔɪzənəsˈpɔɪz(ə)nəs 1(of a substance or plant) causing or capable of causing death or illness if taken into the body. Example sentencesExamples - He also advised parents to lock up all detergents and poisonous substances, together with matches, lighters, pitch oil, guns and ammunition.
- It could be, and it's a doctrine that John knows well, the fruit of the poisonous tree.
- Detoxification once referred to the process of removing some specific poisonous substance from the body.
- She allegedly consumed some poisonous substance.
- The hemlock of the title refers to the evergreen tree, rather than to the poisonous herb that was the means of Socrates' forced suicide.
- Older brothers or sisters should be supervised when around a baby to stop them feeding tablets or other poisonous substances to the baby.
- The licence is available to any member of the public providing they adhere to a set of 14 conditions which include not removing soil from the land or planting any poisonous trees or shrubs on it.
- All living organisms, including humans, are constantly exposed to foreign substances and poisonous chemicals or toxins.
- According to Lenin, as a consequence, the families are surviving on poisonous grass and wild mushrooms for the last four years.
- And some plants may transfer the poisonous chemicals to their food.
- If you have young children think twice before planting poisonous trees.
- He further alleged that her in-laws made his sister drink milk laced with some poisonous substance.
- The American courts for criminal procedure have stuck to a strong tradition of oppressing the fruits of the poisonous trees.
- The police sent the viscera of the woman for chemical examination to find out if the death was caused by some poisonous substance.
- A wayward camera does not help student wizards to catapult malevolent plants at poisonous mushrooms or send explosive cauldrons flying into barriers.
- These junkyards have to be removed as poisonous chemicals and substances flow into the river and the lake through these places.
- Eating, for example, offers an avenue for ingesting tainted or poisonous food resulting in serious illness or death.
- These pills are poisonous substances intending to end life.
- At least one other kind of fern is immediately poisonous, so such plants are not to be tasted at random.
- There are no medical records anywhere in the world where people live with poisonous substances in their bodies.
Synonyms toxic, deadly, fatal, lethal, mortal, death-dealing, virulent, noxious, environmentally unfriendly - 1.1 (of an animal) producing poison as a means of attacking enemies or prey; venomous.
Example sentencesExamples - From now on, special licences will be needed to own potentially dangerous pets, such as snakes or poisonous spiders.
- The poisonous insects are known to cause a horrible rash if tiny hairs from their bodies come into contact with a person's skin and they can also spark asthma and hay fever attacks.
- Primitive humans would have needed to avoid certain species of animals, as we do now, such as venomous snakes, poisonous frogs, tarantulas and wolves.
- Dangerous and wild animals, like poisonous snakes and stinging ants, inhabited their rain forests.
- The tropical climate can be uncomfortable and brings the inevitable insects and poisonous creatures.
- They are also taught which animals to avoid like poisonous snakes, though they sometimes must learn on their own the hard way.
- Sea snakes are among the most poisonous creatures in the coral reef areas, described by scientists to rival a cobra.
- In case the Regent's Park buildings should be involved in an air raid, all the poisonous insects and snakes have been destroyed.
- The swamps are infested with poisonous snakes and fearsome insects with bites so strong they will either kill a man or drive him mad.
- I've been to Darwin and there's nothing there but poisonous spiders and snakes, so this man must be bored out of his head.
- But the hole had its dangers; if the pot broke or cracked, the guerrilla could be attacked by poisonous spiders or snakes.
- Man-eating saltwater crocodiles lurk in nearby estuaries along with the deadly box jellyfish, the most poisonous creature on earth.
- A snake or poisonous spider bites in a single spot, but the box jelly's venom enters a victim's body over a very large area.
- Then it occurred to me that Tuscany was no more infested with nasty poisonous creatures than the peaceful county of Norththamptonshire, where I reside without any fear at all.
- Now, everyone knows the black snake is a poisonous creature.
- No, he likes the light here real good, but the puff adder is animal that has the longest fangs amongst any poisonous snake in the world.
- Lower in status were the scorpion-charmers, who used magic to rid an area of poisonous reptiles and insects.
- There will be some books on spotting bird species, and, if abroad, a rather worrying one on identifying poisonous insects and arachnids.
- There are no poisonous snakes or insects and no malaria.
- The area abounded with poisonous snakes and insects, and I was continually amazed that none of the other children was bitten.
- 1.2 Extremely unpleasant or malicious.
there was a poisonous atmosphere at the office Example sentencesExamples - The atmosphere became so poisonous and paranoid and mixed up that towards the end neither Simpson nor Yates was really talking to me.
- A number of parents will not take their children to the games because of the poisonous atmosphere.
- From the outset, he has faced two obstacles: impossibly high expectations and a political atmosphere that can only be described as poisonous.
- The crack was good natured throughout, a pleasing change from some of the poisonous atmospheres we have all witnessed whenever matches between historical rivals take place.
- Mark Malloch Brown claims that the atmosphere is growing poisonous as insiders in the UN's headquarters in New York attempt to stall reform.
- The US, because we are wealthy and powerful, is going to be slandered as a poisonous cultural wasteland.
- The media, staffers and politicians feed off this poisonous atmosphere in a building that contains some fine art and architecture, but no soul and no warmth.
- But the poisonous atmosphere is unlikely to help the trusts perform any better.
- From its very first moments, Druick conjures up the poisonous atmosphere of a world ruled by fear and rumour where truth is merely the whim of an absolute monarch.
- It also helps to create a poisonous atmosphere of suspicion and mistrust.
- The atmosphere surrounding this dispute has gradually changed from fraught to poisonous.
- For our choice would be starkly simple: to forgive the perpetrator or succumb to a poisonous thirst for vindication and revenge.
- He talked at some length about how the atmosphere in D.C. was more poisonous than he had ever seen.
- Jennette Fitzsimmons once said that there was a poisonous atmosphere within the party, it seems as though she is right
Synonyms malicious, malevolent, hostile, vicious, spiteful, bitter, venomous, evil-intentioned, ill-natured, vindictive, vengeful, vitriolic, rancorous, malign, malignant, pernicious, mean, nasty, harmful, hurtful, wounding slanderous, libellous, defamatory informal bitchy, catty literary malefic, maleficent
Usage Poisonous and venomous are not identical in meaning, although they are often used interchangeably. A poisonous animal or plant produces toxins that are harmful when the animal or plant is touched or eaten, whereas a venomous snake or other creature is able to inject venom by means of its fangs, spines, or stingers Derivatives adverb If you'd suggested - two years, a year, even two months ago - that cuneiform diaries would become a poisonously partisan issue, you'd have been laughed out of whatever chatroom you'd wandered into. Example sentencesExamples - Not merely anti-European, they are also poisonously anti-immigrant, holding them responsible for the lack of available care homes for the elderly and so on.
- Which particular right-on leftist or paleo-rightist was making this poisonously warped and cerebrally-challenged claim this time?
- When someone says something stupid - I mean, poisonously, ludicrously stupid - the advertisers on that site have to take a stand.
- You will, however, have to do some digging: once to plant the seed potatoes; once to earth them up to prevent the new tubers growing on the surface and becoming poisonously green; and once to lift the resultant crop.
Definition of poisonous in US English: poisonousadjectiveˈpoiz(ə)nəsˈpɔɪz(ə)nəs 1(of a substance or plant) causing or capable of causing death or illness if taken into the body. Example sentencesExamples - She allegedly consumed some poisonous substance.
- According to Lenin, as a consequence, the families are surviving on poisonous grass and wild mushrooms for the last four years.
- Detoxification once referred to the process of removing some specific poisonous substance from the body.
- A wayward camera does not help student wizards to catapult malevolent plants at poisonous mushrooms or send explosive cauldrons flying into barriers.
- The licence is available to any member of the public providing they adhere to a set of 14 conditions which include not removing soil from the land or planting any poisonous trees or shrubs on it.
- He further alleged that her in-laws made his sister drink milk laced with some poisonous substance.
- There are no medical records anywhere in the world where people live with poisonous substances in their bodies.
- It could be, and it's a doctrine that John knows well, the fruit of the poisonous tree.
- Eating, for example, offers an avenue for ingesting tainted or poisonous food resulting in serious illness or death.
- And some plants may transfer the poisonous chemicals to their food.
- At least one other kind of fern is immediately poisonous, so such plants are not to be tasted at random.
- He also advised parents to lock up all detergents and poisonous substances, together with matches, lighters, pitch oil, guns and ammunition.
- These junkyards have to be removed as poisonous chemicals and substances flow into the river and the lake through these places.
- The hemlock of the title refers to the evergreen tree, rather than to the poisonous herb that was the means of Socrates' forced suicide.
- The police sent the viscera of the woman for chemical examination to find out if the death was caused by some poisonous substance.
- These pills are poisonous substances intending to end life.
- If you have young children think twice before planting poisonous trees.
- All living organisms, including humans, are constantly exposed to foreign substances and poisonous chemicals or toxins.
- The American courts for criminal procedure have stuck to a strong tradition of oppressing the fruits of the poisonous trees.
- Older brothers or sisters should be supervised when around a baby to stop them feeding tablets or other poisonous substances to the baby.
Synonyms toxic, deadly, fatal, lethal, mortal, death-dealing, virulent, noxious, environmentally unfriendly - 1.1 (of an animal) producing poison as a means of attacking enemies or prey; venomous.
Example sentencesExamples - Sea snakes are among the most poisonous creatures in the coral reef areas, described by scientists to rival a cobra.
- They are also taught which animals to avoid like poisonous snakes, though they sometimes must learn on their own the hard way.
- The poisonous insects are known to cause a horrible rash if tiny hairs from their bodies come into contact with a person's skin and they can also spark asthma and hay fever attacks.
- From now on, special licences will be needed to own potentially dangerous pets, such as snakes or poisonous spiders.
- Man-eating saltwater crocodiles lurk in nearby estuaries along with the deadly box jellyfish, the most poisonous creature on earth.
- Now, everyone knows the black snake is a poisonous creature.
- Dangerous and wild animals, like poisonous snakes and stinging ants, inhabited their rain forests.
- The tropical climate can be uncomfortable and brings the inevitable insects and poisonous creatures.
- Primitive humans would have needed to avoid certain species of animals, as we do now, such as venomous snakes, poisonous frogs, tarantulas and wolves.
- There are no poisonous snakes or insects and no malaria.
- I've been to Darwin and there's nothing there but poisonous spiders and snakes, so this man must be bored out of his head.
- In case the Regent's Park buildings should be involved in an air raid, all the poisonous insects and snakes have been destroyed.
- The area abounded with poisonous snakes and insects, and I was continually amazed that none of the other children was bitten.
- Lower in status were the scorpion-charmers, who used magic to rid an area of poisonous reptiles and insects.
- No, he likes the light here real good, but the puff adder is animal that has the longest fangs amongst any poisonous snake in the world.
- There will be some books on spotting bird species, and, if abroad, a rather worrying one on identifying poisonous insects and arachnids.
- A snake or poisonous spider bites in a single spot, but the box jelly's venom enters a victim's body over a very large area.
- But the hole had its dangers; if the pot broke or cracked, the guerrilla could be attacked by poisonous spiders or snakes.
- The swamps are infested with poisonous snakes and fearsome insects with bites so strong they will either kill a man or drive him mad.
- Then it occurred to me that Tuscany was no more infested with nasty poisonous creatures than the peaceful county of Norththamptonshire, where I reside without any fear at all.
- 1.2 Extremely unpleasant or malicious.
there was a poisonous atmosphere at the office Example sentencesExamples - A number of parents will not take their children to the games because of the poisonous atmosphere.
- It also helps to create a poisonous atmosphere of suspicion and mistrust.
- Mark Malloch Brown claims that the atmosphere is growing poisonous as insiders in the UN's headquarters in New York attempt to stall reform.
- But the poisonous atmosphere is unlikely to help the trusts perform any better.
- The media, staffers and politicians feed off this poisonous atmosphere in a building that contains some fine art and architecture, but no soul and no warmth.
- From the outset, he has faced two obstacles: impossibly high expectations and a political atmosphere that can only be described as poisonous.
- From its very first moments, Druick conjures up the poisonous atmosphere of a world ruled by fear and rumour where truth is merely the whim of an absolute monarch.
- The crack was good natured throughout, a pleasing change from some of the poisonous atmospheres we have all witnessed whenever matches between historical rivals take place.
- The atmosphere became so poisonous and paranoid and mixed up that towards the end neither Simpson nor Yates was really talking to me.
- Jennette Fitzsimmons once said that there was a poisonous atmosphere within the party, it seems as though she is right
- The atmosphere surrounding this dispute has gradually changed from fraught to poisonous.
- He talked at some length about how the atmosphere in D.C. was more poisonous than he had ever seen.
- The US, because we are wealthy and powerful, is going to be slandered as a poisonous cultural wasteland.
- For our choice would be starkly simple: to forgive the perpetrator or succumb to a poisonous thirst for vindication and revenge.
Synonyms malicious, malevolent, hostile, vicious, spiteful, bitter, venomous, evil-intentioned, ill-natured, vindictive, vengeful, vitriolic, rancorous, malign, malignant, pernicious, mean, nasty, harmful, hurtful, wounding
Usage Poisonous and venomous are not identical in meaning, although they are often used interchangeably. A poisonous animal or plant produces toxins that are harmful when the animal or plant is touched or eaten, whereas a venomous snake or other creature is able to inject venom by means of its fangs, spines, or stingers |