EGAVE

toxic

About 11.62 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.
    Tobacco smoke contains many toxic substances.
  2. adjective Appearing grossly unwell; characterised by serious, potentially life-threatening compromise in the respiratory, circulatory or other body systems.
    The child appeared toxic on arrival at the hospital.
  3. adjective Severely negative or harmful.
    a toxic environment that promoted bullying
  4. adjective Of a person, hateful or strongly antipathetic.
    It is not good to be around toxic people.

Similar words

toxicant poisonous virulent venomous deadly toxicological poison poisoned poisoning toxin

Often followed by

effects substances to chemicals and waste effect substance or

Word family

toxics

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