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poi·son·ous

(poi′zə-nəs)

adj.

a. Containing or being a poison: poisonous fumes.

b. Capable of harming or killing by poison: poisonous tentacles.

a. Full of ill will; malicious or spiteful: a poisonous look.

b. Harmful or destructive: a poisonous precedent.

poi′son·ous·ly adv.

poi′son·ous·ness n.

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poisonous

(ˈpɔɪzənəs)

adj

1. (Medicine) having the effects or qualities of a poison

2. (Medicine) capable of killing or inflicting injury; venomous

3. corruptive or malicious

ˈpoisonously adv

ˈpoisonousness n

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poi•son•ous

(ˈpɔɪ zə nəs)

adj.

1. full of or containing poison.

2. deeply malicious; malevolent.

[1565–75]

poi′son•ous•ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	poisonous - having the qualities or effects of a poison toxicant toxic - of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; "suffering from exposure to toxic substances"
	2.	poisonous - not safe to eat inedible, uneatable - not suitable for food
	3.	poisonous - marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip" venomous, vicious malicious - having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling

poisonous

adjective

1. toxic, fatal, deadly, lethal, mortal, virulent, noxious, venomous, baneful (archaic), mephitic All parts of the yew tree are poisonous.

2. evil, vicious, malicious, corrupting, pernicious, baleful, baneful (archaic), pestiferous poisonous attacks on the Church

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poisonous

adjective

1. Capable of injuring or killing by poison:

mephitic, mephitical, poison, toxic, toxicant, venomous, virulent.

2. Characterized by intense ill will or spite:

black, despiteful, evil, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, venomous, vicious, wicked.

Slang: bitchy.

Translations

سامسامّسمي

jedovatý

giftig

myrkyllinen

otrovan

mérgesmérgező

eitraîur

velenoso odioso

有毒な

유해한

strupen

giftig

ซึ่งเป็นพิษ

zehirli

độc

有毒的

poisonous

[ˈpɔɪznəs] ADJ

1. [snake etc] → venenoso; [substance, plant, fumes etc] → tóxico

2. (fig) (= damaging) → pernicioso; (= very bad) → horrible, malísimo
this poisonous propaganda → esta propaganda perniciosa
the play was poisonous → la obra fue horrible
he's a poisonous individual → es una persona odiosa

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

poisonous

[ˈpɔɪz^ənəs] adj

[snake, spider] → venimeux/euse

[plant, berry] → vénéneux/euse

[substance] → vénéneux/euse

[fumes] → toxique

(fig) (= unpleasant) [comment, suspicion] → pernicieux/eusepoison-pen letter n → lettre f anonyme

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

poisonous

adj

→ giftig; poisonous mushroom → Giftpilz m; poisonous snake → Giftschlange f; whisky on top of beer, that’s absolutely poisonous (inf) → Whisky auf Bier, das ist tödlich (inf)

(fig) literature, doctrine → zersetzend; remark etc → giftig; poisonous propaganda → Hetzpropaganda f; she has a poisonous tongue → sie hat eine giftige Zunge; he’s a poisonous individual → er ist ein richtiger Giftzwerg; a long-standing and poisonous dispute → ein lang währender und zerrüttender Streit

poisonous stuff (inf: usu hum) → Teufelszeug nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

poisonous

[ˈpɔɪznəs] adj

a. (snake, plant) → velenoso/a; (fumes) → venefico/a, tossico/a

b. (fig) (tongue) → velenoso/a; (propaganda) → venefico/a; (ideas, literature) → pernicioso/a; (rumours, individual) → perfido/a (fam) (coffee) → schifoso/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

poison

(ˈpoizn) noun

any substance which causes death or illness when taken into the body. She killed herself by taking poison; (also adjective) poison gas.

verb

1. to kill or harm with poison. He poisoned his wife.

2. to put poison into (food etc). He poisoned her coffee.

ˈpoisoner noun

ˈpoisonous adjective

containing or using poison. That fruit is poisonous; a poisonous snake.

ˈpoisonously adverb

poison-pen letter

an anonymous letter saying wicked things about a person etc.

poisonous

→ سامّ jedovatý giftig giftig δηλητηριώδης venenoso myrkyllinen venimeux otrovan velenoso 有毒な 유해한 giftig giftig toksyczny venenoso ядовитый giftig ซึ่งเป็นพิษ zehirli độc 有毒的

poi·son·ous

a. venenoso-a; tóxico-a.

poisonous

adj venenoso

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Flee, my friend, into thy solitude: I see thee stung all over by the poisonous flies.

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Death was in that poisonous wave, And in its gulf a fitting grave For him who thence could solace bring To his lone imagining -- Whose solitary soul could make An Eden of that dim lake.

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"I meant, sir, the chances that the world might run into a belt of poisonous ether."

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This gully was about a third of the way up the mountain, and it was filled to the brim with red-hot molten lava in which swam fire-serpents and poisonous salamanders.

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Nor, at the time, had it failed to enter his monomaniac mind, that all the anguish of that then present suffering was but the direct issue of a former woe; and he too plainly seemed to see, that as the most poisonous reptile of the marsh perpetuates his kind as inevitably as the sweetest songster of the grove; so, equally with every felicity, all miserable events do naturally beget their like.

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The sapling which had rooted down to a poisonous stratum on the spot of its sowing had been transplanted to a deeper soil.

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In fine, Giovanni recognized but two or three plants in the collection, and those of a kind that he well knew to be poisonous. While busy with these contemplations he heard the rustling of a silken garment, and, turning, beheld Beatrice emerging from beneath the sculptured portal.

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Basil would have helped him to resist Lord Henry's influence, and the still more poisonous influences that came from his own temperament.

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Others contended that the stigma had not been produced until a long time subsequent, when old Roger Chillingworth, being a potent necromancer, had caused it to appear, through the agency of magic and poisonous drugs.

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If we could go to one of those new camps and patch up some kind of terms with the enemy -- yes, but The Boss could not go, and neither could I, for I was among the first that were made sick by the poisonous air bred by those dead thousands.

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Two little rivers, or rather two swamps, emptied out into this pond, as you might call it; and the foliage round that part of the shore had a kind of poisonous brightness.