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peccant
[pek-uhnt] 
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peccant
[pek-uhnt]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liable to sin |
| Synonyms: | corrupt, erring, guilty, sinful |
| Notes: | peccant means guilty of sinning while peccable means capable of sinning |
| Main Entry: | poison/poisonous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harmful |
| Synonyms: | bad, baleful, baneful, corrupt, corruptive, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, fatal, hurtful, infective, lethal, malicious, malignant, mephitic, miasmatic, morbid, mortal, nocuous, noisome, noxious, peccant, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilential, septic, toxic, toxicant, toxiferous, venomous, vicious, viperous, virulent |
| Antonyms: | aiding, antidotal, assisting, curing, healing, helpful |
| Main Entry: | villainous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | criminal |
| Synonyms: | atrocious, bad, corrupt, crooked, cruel, culpable, deplorable, depraved, diabolical, dirty, evil, felonious, hateful, ignoble, illegal, illicit, immoral, iniquitous, knavish, lawless, low, mean, nefarious, peccant, reprehensible, scandalous, shady*, sinful, unlawful, vile, wicked |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | poisonous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harmful |
| Synonyms: | bad, baleful, baneful, corrupt, corruptive, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, fatal, hurtful, infective, lethal, malicious, malignant, mephitic, miasmatic, morbid, mortal, nocuous, noisome, noxious, peccant, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilential, poison, septic, toxic, toxicant, toxiferous, venomous, vicious, viperous, virulent |
| Antonyms: | benevolent, harmless, non-toxic |
| Main Entry: | mephitical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poisonous |
| Synonyms: | bad, baleful, baneful, corrupt, corruptive, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, fatal, hurtful, infective, lethal, malicious, malignant, mephitic, miasmatic, morbid, mortal, nocuous, noisome, noxious, peccant, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilential, poison, septic, toxic, toxicant, toxiferous, venomous, vicious, viperous, virulent |
| Main Entry: | toxicant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poisonous |
| Synonyms: | bad*, baleful, baneful, corrupt, corruptive, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, fatal, hurtful, infective, lethal, malicious, malignant, mephitic, mephitical, miasmatic, morbid, mortal, nocuous, noisome, noxious, peccant, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilential, poison, septic, toxic, toxiferous, venomous, vicious, viperous, virulent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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