Poisonous

Definition: Poisonous

Poisonous

Adjective

1. Having the qualities or effects of a poison.

2. Not safe to eat.

3. Marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "a malevolent lie"; "poisonous hate...in his eyes"- Ernest Hemingway; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip".

Date "poisonous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definition
Medicine	Poisonous. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Poisonous

Synonyms: toxicant (adj), venomous (adj), vicious (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Bane	Adjective: baneful; (bad); poisonous; (unwholesome).
Inexpedience	Corrupting; (corrupt; ); virulent, venomous, envenomed, corrosive; poisonous; (morbific); deadly; (killing); destructive; (destroying); inauspicious.
Insalubrity	Adjective: insalubrious; unhealthy, unwholesome; noxious, noisome; morbific, morbiferous; mephitic, septic, azotic, deleterious; pestilent, pestiferous, pestilential; virulent, venomous, envenomed; poisonous, toxic, toxiferous, teratogenic; narcotic.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) Those are poisonous, you know (The Mummy Returns; writing credit: Stephen Sommers) All we found were these oozing berries, and they look pretty poisonous. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) To the surface of a deadly poisonous planet, and beyond (Buzz Lightyear of Star Command; writing credit: Nick Dubois; Greg Weisman)
Lyrics	Every poisonous snake in the land can be found here too, ya know (Ice Machine In The Desert; performing artist: Brave Combo)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	A Field Guide to Venomous Animals and Poisonous Plants : North America North of Mexico (reference) Do Tarantulas Have Teeth?: Questions and Answers About Poisonous Creatures (Scholastic Q & A) (reference) In the Garden of Poisonous Flowers (reference) Poisonous Animals (Golden Field Guide Series.) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Poisonous Animals (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Poisonous (reference) Poisonous Game [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Butterfly weed - Asclepias tuberosa as found on Washburn Island. This plant is poisonous if ingested in large quantities. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).		Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Monarch butterfly - Danaus plexippus. These beautiful butterflies are poisonous to predators and feed on the reserves many milkweed plants. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).
	Pterois sphex - Lionfish - Dorsal spines are extremely poisonous Living in pipe in artificial reef. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.		A sea snake caught during dipnetting operations off the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during STAR 2000. These snakes are poisonous and very dangerous. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
	The old-style pharmacy often used poisonous compounds, ... / WHO photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption
	Cobra; snake; hissing; hiss; venomous; poisonous; snakebite; snake charmer.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Friedrich Nietzsche	The doctrine of equality! There exists no more poisonous poison: for it seems to be preached by justice itself, while it is the end of justice.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	The use of asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases and all analogous liquids, materials or devices being prohibited, their manufacture and importation are strictly forbidden in Germany. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	On that spot, in very truth, there was, and there had long been, the gnawing and poisonous tooth of bodily pain
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The old unhealthy and poisonous realities took on new shapes
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Poison is not poisonous after all, nor are any wounds fatal
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Other toxins and poisonous chemicals can cause foodborne illness. (references)
		Smell and taste alert us to fires, poisonous fumes, leaking gas, and spoiled food and beverages. (references)
		Some over-the-counter medicines can be poisonous to your kidneys if taken regularly over a long period of time. Products that combine aspirin, acetaminophen, and other medicines such as ibuprofen have been found to be the most dangerous to the kidneys. (references)
Economic History	Georgia	These sectors include production of weapons and explosives, narcotics, poisonous and pharmaceutical substances, exploration and exploitation of renewable or non-renewable substances, exploitation of deposits of natural resources, establishment of casinos and gambling houses and the organization of games and lotteries, banking, insurance, issuance of securities, wireless communication services, and the establishment of radio and television channels. (references)
Trade	Malaysia	Prohibited imports include multicolor copying machines, any "indecent or obscene" articles and certain poisonous chemicals. (references)
	Costa Rica	Special labeling requirements apply to pharmaceuticals, fertilizers, pesticides, hormones, veterinary preparations, vaccines, poisonous substances, and mouthwashes. (references)
Worker Rights	Pakistan	According to the ILO and the Punjab Welfare Department, children constitute about 15 percent of the work force in the surgical instrument industry in Sialkot; 3,200 of these children are estimated to be under age 14. According to a June 1999 report issued by Public Services International, the average age of children in the surgical instrument industry is 12. Children in the surgical instrument industry are prone to injuries from machinery and burns from hot metal, as well as respiratory illnesses from inhaling poisonous metal dust. (references)
	El Salvador	These laws prohibit the employment of persons under 18 years of age in occupations considered hazardous or morally dangerous, such as bars and billiard halls; the prohibition also applied to hazardous occupations such as agricultural work with poisonous chemicals or factory work with dangerous equipment. (references)
	Belize	Banana farm owners slowly continue to move the housing they provide for their workers away from the fields where poisonous pesticides are sprayed. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Poisonous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.11% of the time. "Poisonous" is used about 448 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	99.11%	444	13,042
Noun (proper)	0.89%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	448	N/A

Expressions using "poisonous": fruit of the poisonous tree ♦ poisonous gas ♦ poisonous herb ♦ poisonous nightshade ♦ poisonous parasol ♦ poisonous plant ♦ poisonous snake ♦ poisonous substance. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "poisonous": poisonous-looking.
	Ending with "poisonous": non-poisonous.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "poisonous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		giftig. (various references)

Albanian		helmues (envenomed, nocuous, noxious, poison, toxic, toxicant). (various references)

Arabic		‏مؤذ (annoying, bad, baleful, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, harmful, hurtful, injurious, maleficent, malevolent, malign, mischievous, nasty, nocuous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial, unwholesome, verminous, wicked), ‏سام (baneful, empyrean, pestilent, sublime, toxic, venomous, virulent), ‏ضار (detrimental, felled, ferocious, fierce, hurtful, impish, injurious, malign, malignant, noisome, noxious, pernicious, pest, predatory, prejudicial, rabid, rapacious, ravenous, savage, set, sharp, truculent, unhealthy, unwholesome, vicious), ‏خطر (adventurous, advise, awkward, challenge, come, critical, danger, dangerous, embargo, fear, give smb. notice, hazard, importance, jeopardy, parlous, peril, perilous, prohibition, proscription, risk, risky, unhealthy), ‏ثعبان سام (rattler). (various references)

Bulgarian		отровен (gassed, nocuous, poison, toxic, venomous, viperous), злостен (malignant, spiteful, vicious, virulent), жлъчен (acrid, adust, atrabilious, biliary, envenomed), порочен (impure, iniquitous, unregenerated, vicious, wicked), покваряващ (perversive). (various references)

Chinese		酖 (addicted to liquor, to poison), 鴆 (to poison), 有毒 , 毒. (various references)

Czech		jedovatý (abrasive, biting, cankered, cankerous, cutting, rank, toxic, venomous, virulent, vitriolic). (various references)

Danish		giftig (toxic). (various references)

Dutch		vergiftig (toxic), giftig (toxic). (various references)

Esperanto		venena. (various references)

Farsi		سمی (Poison, Toxic, Venomous), زهردار (Venomous). (various references)

Finnish		myrkyllinen (venomous). (various references)

French		toxique, venimeux, vénéneux. (various references)

Frisian		fergiftich. (various references)

German		giftig (baneful, bilious, contaminative, deleterious, noisome, shrewish, toxic, toxical, venomous, venomously, viperous, virulent, virulently, vitriolic, waspish, waspishly, waspy). (various references)

Greek		δηλητηριώδης (toxic). (various references)

Hawaiian		helmues. (various references)

Hebrew		מרירי (bitter), מרעיל, ארסי (venomous, virulent), רעיל (intoxicant, toxic). (various references)

Hungarian		mérges (angry, annoyed, be angry, cross, fretful, furious, ratty, savage, stroppy, stuffy, surly, to be choked, to be in a bad temper, to be miffed, venenous, wrathful). (various references)

Indonesian		berbisa (toxical, toxious, venomous), beracun (toxical, venomous). (various references)

Italian		velenoso (baneful, venomous). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		糜爛性 (irritating), 有毒　 (toxic), 有毒 (toxic), 毒毒しい (venomous), 毒々しい (venomous), 毒の有る (harmful, malicious). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		びらんせい (irritating), どくのある (harmful, malicious), どくどくしい (venomous), ゆうどく (toxic). (various references)

Korean		유독한 (toxic, Toxical). (various references)

Manx		pyshoonagh (pernicious, venomous), nieunagh (bitter as enemy;snakiness, bitter;snakiness, bleak, bleak of wind, deadly, scathing, toxic, venomous, virulent, vitriolic), nieuagh (venomous). (various references)

Papiamen		venenoso. (various references)

Pig Latin		oisonouspay.(various references)

Portuguese		venenoso (baneful, pestilent, snaky, venomous, viperous), tóxico (intoxicant, noxious, poison, toxic, toxicant). (various references)

Romanian		veninos (venomous), otrãvitor (baneful, corrupting, fatal, noisome, noxious, perverting, poisoner, venomous), nociv (baneful, harmful, noxious), nefast (bad, baleful, baneful, black letter, evil, poisonously), înveninat (embittered, poisoned, venomous). (various references)

Russian		ядовитый (nocuous, pestilent, toxic, toxicant, venomous, viperous), отвратительный (abhorrent, abominable, crummy, cursed, damned, detestable, disgustful, disgusting, evolving, execrable, filthy, foul, fulsome, ghoulish, gruesome, hateful, heinous, hideous, loathsome, morbid, nameless, nasty, nauseous, obnoxious, rank, repugnant, revolting, sickening, stinking, unsavory, unsavoury, vile), противный (antipathetic, antipathetical, cross, disagreeable, disgustful, disgusting, displeasing, distasteful, horrible, horrid, loathful, loathsome, mucky, nasty, obnoxious, unlovely). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		otrovan (envenomed, nocuous, poison, toxic, toxicant, venomous, viperous). (various references)

Spanish		tóxico (poison, toxic, toxicant), venenoso (venomous). (various references)

Swedish		giftig (catty, mephitic, toxic, venomous, viperous, virulent, vitriolic, waspish), ettrig (ding-dong, fiery, hot tempered, peppery). (various references)

Turkish		zehirli (miasmal, miasmatic, nocuous, toxic, toxical, toxicant, venomous, viperine, viperish, viperous), kötü niyetli (baleful, gloating, ill disposed, ill-affected, ill-intentioned, malevolent, malicious, malignant, sinister, wanton), fesat (agitator, corruption, depravity, intrigue, jaundiced, low-minded, malice, mischief, plot, sinister). (various references)

Turkmen		zдherli. (various references)

Ukrainian		отруйний (baneful, deleterious, nocuous, noxious, poison-bearing, toxic, toxicant, venomous, virulent), огидний (abhorrent, abject, abominable, accursed, accurst, antipathetic, antipathetical, atrocious, beastly, bilious, brackish, brutal, carrion, damnable, damned, detestable, disgusting, dreadful, evil, execrable, filthy, ghoulish, grim, hanging, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, ill-favored, ill-favoured, loathful, loathsome, mawkish, mucky, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, nefandous, noisome, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, pesky, putrid, rank, repellent, repulsive, revolting, shocking, snotty, sordid, sour, stinking, underfoot, wicked), згубний (baneful, calamitous, damnatory, damnific, damning, deleterious, destructive, fatal, holocaustal, holocaustic, maleficent, malign, malignant, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilential, prejudicial, prejudicious, ruinous, withering). (various references)

Vietnamese		có chất độc, độc (deleterious, insalubrious, noxious, toxic, toxicant, unhealthful). (various references)

Welsh		gwenwynig (venomous). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	venefici, veneficis, veneficus, venenifer, virulentus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "poisonous": poisonously. (additional references)
	Words ending with "poisonous": nonpoisonous. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Poisonous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pausanius, poinsonous, poisenous, poisonouns, poisonus, Posidonus, posionous. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "poisonous" (pronounced poy"zunus)
7	p oy" z u n u s	nonpoisonous.
4	-u n u s	androgynous, asynchronous, bituminous, chitinous, Deaconess, exogenous, gelatinous, genuineness, gluttonous, homogenous, indigenous, larcenous, luminous, membranous, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, nitrogenous, ominous, outspokenness, polygynous, ravenous, ruinous, tetanus, villainous, voluminous.
3	-n u s	abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gentleness, genus, ghastliness, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, madness, Manus, meanness, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nonbusiness, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, politeness, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, vindictiveness, vividness, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "i-n-o-o-o-p-s-s-u"
	-2 letters: poisons, spinous.
	-3 letters: opsins, poison, snoops, spoons.
	-4 letters: nisus, opsin, pions, pious, pisos, poons, sinus, snips, snoop, soups, spins, spoon.
	-5 letters: ions, nips, nous, onus, oops, opus, pins, pion, piso, piss, pois, pons, poon, psis, puns, puss, sins, sips, snip, sons, soon, sops, soup, sous, spin, spun, suns, sups, upon.
	Words containing the letters "i-n-o-o-o-p-s-s-u"
	+2 letters: poisonously.
	+3 letters: nonpoisonous.
	+5 letters: pneumoconioses, pneumoconiosis, pseudoscorpion.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
poisonous plant	364	florida poisonous snake	16
poisonous spider	333	poisonous fish	16
poisonous snake	283	poisonous snake of texas	15
poisonous mushroom	64	most poisonous snake world	15
dog plant poisonous	59	poisonous chemical	13
cat plant poisonous	57	poisonous tree	13
poisonous house plant	55	picture of poisonous snake	12
poisonous frog	54	centipede poisonous	12
flower poisonous	35	carolina north poisonous snake	12
most poisonous snake	34	in most poisonous snake world	12
most poisonous spider	33	animal plant poisonous	12
poisonous insect	26	lizard poisonous	11
poisonous animal	25	poisonous weeds	10
horse plant poisonous	24	poisonous vine	10
caterpillar poisonous	24	berry poisonous	10
poisonous	24	florida poisonous spider	10
picture poisonous spider	23	mushroom picture poisonous	9
non poisonous snake	23	bite poisonous spider	9
pet plant poisonous	19	poisonous toad	9
picture of poisonous plant	18	georgia poisonous snake	9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Poisonous

Definition: Poisonous

Poisonous

Adjective

Specialty Definition: Poisonous

Specialty Definition: Poison

Famous poisonings

Poisons in crime fiction

Synonyms: Poisonous

Synonyms within Context: Poisonous

Bane

Inexpedience

Insalubrity

Crosswords: Poisonous

Modern Usage: Poisonous

Screenplays

Lyrics

Commercial Usage: Poisonous

Books

Theater & Movies

Music

Image Slideshow: Poisonous

Photos:Poisonous

Illustrations:Poisonous

Computer Images:Poisonous

Photo Album: Poisonous

Digital Photo Gallery: Poisonous

Sounds Captioned with "Poisonous".

Familiar Quotations: Poisonous

Friedrich Nietzsche

Historic Usage: Poisonous

Treaty of Versailles

Use in Literature: Poisonous

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Poisonous

Usage Frequency: Poisonous

Expression: Poisonous

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Poisonous

Modern Translation: Poisonous

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Poisonous

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Poisonous