myrkyllinen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- caustic adj Capable of burning or chemically eating away living tissue or other material.
- noxious adj Harmful or poisonous, especially to health.
- poisonous adj Containing enough poison to harm or kill if touched, eaten, or breathed in.
- toxic adjective Poisonous; capable of causing illness or death if it enters the body.
- venomous adj Capable of injecting venom, typically by biting or stinging.
Senses
myrkyllinen is used for these senses in English:
- caustic (of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.
- noxious Harmful; injurious.
- poisonous Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest.
- poisonous (figuratively) Negative, harmful.
- toxic (toxicology, pharmaceutical drug) Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.
- venomous Hateful; malignant; spiteful.
caustic — full definition
- adj Capable of burning or chemically eating away living tissue or other material.
- adj Harshly sarcastic or biting in tone.
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