more poison

ADJECTIVE

harmful

Synonyms

WEAK

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

WEAK

aiding antidotal assisting curing healing helpful

Example Sentences

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He said one report that particularly resonated with his viewers described how a change in the chemistry of the air — higher levels of carbon dioxide — spurred the growth of more poison ivy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2019

The reason, presumably, is that large beetles are able to produce more poison, and smaller toads are less able to tolerate it, said Dr. Sugiura.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2018

"It is deeply disturbing to so many of us to see the rhetoric of hate, thinly veiled, once more poison our political discourse," the letter signed by the authors said.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2016

Some 500 have clicked on the low one-star rating for Bend Not Break, and 100 on the five-star—but this, too, is deceptive since some five-star reviews are bogus, infiltrating more poison than praise.

From Newsweek • Feb. 11, 2013

“We want no part of any treason, you. We are good people in White Harbor, lawful, loyal people. Pour no more poison in our ears, or my good-father will send you to the Wolf’s Den.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin