Poisonous - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpɔɪzənəs|  American pronunciation of the word poisonous
Brit.  |ˈpɔɪzənəs|  British pronunciation of the word poisonous

adjective

- having the qualities or effects of a poison (syn: toxicant)
- not safe to eat
- marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful (syn: venomous, vicious)
poisonous hate

Extra examples

Chocolate is poisonous to dogs.

This species of spider is extremely poisonous.

Some mushrooms are extremely poisonous.

She was bitten on the ankle by a poisonous snake.

The berries are poisonous to birds.

That poisonous bastard Lucett told Morris I was seeing his wife.

The snake that bit her was almost certainly poisonous.

Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas.

The patient had been bitten by a poisonous snake.

...some mushrooms are comfortably comestible, but others are decidedly poisonous...

...harvesting wild mushrooms is no business for amateurs, since some of the esculent ones closely resemble poisonous varieties...

The most infamous of South America's poisonous snakes are the ringed coral snake and the pit viper.

Most people will recoil from a poisonous snake.

He ate some poisonous mushrooms, with fatal consequences.

These berries are edible, but those are poisonous.

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