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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fateful |
| Synonyms: | apocalyptic, apocalyptical, baneful, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, destructive, dire, direful, disastrous, fatal, fire-and-brimstone, grave, lethal, mortal, ominous, portentous, ruinous, unlucky |
| 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: | sanguinary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | murderous |
| Synonyms: | arduous, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, brutal, criminal, cruel, cutthroat, dangerous, deadly, destroying, destructive, devastating, exhausting, fell, ferocious, harrowing, hellish, homicidal, killing*, lethal, ruinous, sanguineous, sapping, savage, slaughterous, strenuous, unpleasant |
| Notes: | sanguinary means accompanied by bloodshed or eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed, while sanguine means confidently optimistic and cheerful or inclined to a healthy reddish color |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sanguineous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | murderous |
| Synonyms: | arduous, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, brutal, criminal, cruel, cutthroat, dangerous, deadly, destroying, destructive, devastating, exhausting, fell, ferocious, harrowing, hellish, homicidal, killing*, lethal, ruinous, sanguinary, sapping, savage, slaughterous, strenuous, unpleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slaughterous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | murderous |
| Synonyms: | arduous, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, brutal, criminal, cruel, cutthroat, dangerous, deadly, destroying, destructive, devastating, exhausting, fell, ferocious, harrowing, hellish, homicidal, killing*, lethal, ruinous, sanguinary, sanguineous, sapping, savage, strenuous, unpleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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
| Main Entry: | unsalutary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unwholesome |
| Synonyms: | contaminated, dangerous, deleterious, destructive, harmful, insalubrious, lethal, noxious, pernicious, poisonous, rotten, septic, spoiled, toxic, unhealthy, unnutritious, venomous, virulent |
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