poisonous
adjective
full of or containing poison.
poisonously
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a word derived from
poisonous.
Example Sentences
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In fact, the persecution has only made her more poisonously smug in her Android unilateralism.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2023
Emily Clarkson has previously criticised the media for being "poisonously misogynistic" in its coverage of the Duchess, as well as other women.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2022
She tells the story of Fulvia, the wife of Mark Antony, who visited the corpse of Cicero, who had poisonously inveighed against her husband.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2017
Till now: Ashford was 9 when she was cast as a poisonously ambitious child star in "Ruthless!"
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2015
I shot to my feet, the paper rattling poisonously in my hands.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
