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Capable of causing harm, injury or death due to the presence of poison

Having or displaying malice, evil or vindictiveness

Not characterized by or conducive to physical health or well-being

Foul-smelling or noxious, particularly of a gas or atmosphere

Displeasing to taste or when eaten

Slanderous, deliberately harmful to someone's reputation

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Adjective

Capable of causing harm, injury or death due to the presence of poison

environmentally unfriendly

life-threatening

disadvantageous

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“Under either standard, the government must prove that the food itself probably will, or may, injure health, not merely that it contains a poisonous substance.”

Adjective

Having or displaying malice, evil or vindictiveness

evil-intentioned

ill-intentioned

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

counterproductive

ill-humoured^UK

environmentally unfriendly

confrontational

accidentally on purpose

dishonorable^US

unsportsmanlike

dripping with malice

dishonourable^UK

out for revenge

gossip-mongering

uncompassionate

like a bear with a sore head

on a short fuse

beyond contempt

against the rules

beyond the pale

uncomplimentary

as cross as two sticks

rubbing the wrong way

beneath contempt

having got out of bed on the wrong side

having got out of bed the wrong side

red in tooth and claw

Mephistophelian

good-for-naught

good-for-nothing

unconscientious

mephistophelean

perversely irritable

hot under the collar

easily offended

apt to fly off the handle

dishonouring^UK

socially impaired

undisciplinable

ill-disciplined

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“He talked at some length about how the atmosphere was now more poisonous than he had ever seen.”

Adjective

Not characterized by or conducive to physical health or well-being

environmentally unfriendly

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Adjective

Foul-smelling or noxious, particularly of a gas or atmosphere

strong-smelling

stinking to high heaven

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Adjective

Displeasing to taste or when eaten

unpleasant-tasting

unfit for human consumption

beyond the pale

tough as old boots

unpleasant to breathe

unfit to breathe

stomach-turning

stomach-churning

ill-favoured^UK

not quite the done thing

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Adjective

Slanderous, deliberately harmful to someone's reputation

misrepresentative

uncomplimentary

scandalmongering

unsubstantiated

unfavourable^UK

politically incorrect

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