adjective
having the properties or effect of poison
poisonous propaganda
Synonyms: mephitic, poison, toxic, toxicant, venomous, virulent
Related Word: miasmal, miasmatic, miasmic, pestilent, pestilential; deadly, fatal, lethal, mortal; baneful, deleterious, detrimental, nocuous, noxious, pernicious
Contrasted words: corrective, countervailing, emendatory, healing, remedial
Antonyms: antidotal