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What is the adjective for toxin?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs intoxicate, toxicate and toxify which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

toxic
  1. (toxicology) Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.
  2. (figuratively) Negative; harmful.
  3. (medicine) Appearing grossly unwell; characterised by serious, potentially life-threatening compromise in the respiratory, circulatory or other body systems.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. poisonous, venomous, noxious, pestilential, toxiferous, virulent, baneful, deadly, destructive, harmful, lethal, pestiferous, dangerous, envenomed, fatal, infective, injurious, malignant, mortal, pernicious, poison, poisoned, unsafe, contaminated, corrupt, peccant, septic, toxicant, mephitic, viperous, death-dealing, environmentally unfriendly, unhealthy, unwholesome, deleterious, insalubrious, detrimental, noisome, baleful, nocuous, unhygienic, hurtful, pestilent, ruinous, insanitary, evil, damaging, unhealthful, disastrous, unsanitary … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Made from non-renewable oil resources, they are toxic, do not biodegrade, and are harmful to animals.”
      “My shrink has told me to stay away from toxic personalities.”
      “Other discharges include 37,000 gallons of oily bilge water and 15 gallons of toxic waste from dry-cleaning, painting and photograph-processing.”
intoxicating
  1. (of a substance) Able to intoxicate; an intoxicant.
  2. (figuratively) Very exciting and stimulating, like alcohol or some other stimulant.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. exciting, exhilarating, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, rousing, electrifying, inspiring, breathtaking, galvanising, galvanizing, charged, electric, exhilarative, galvanic, kicky, envigorating, invigorating, fascinating, provocative, enchanting, enthralling, exhilarant, compulsive, elating, mind-blowing, heart-stopping, mind-boggling, hair-raising, mind-bending, rip-roaring, eye-popping, moving, gripping, energizing, interesting, dramatic, lively, arousing, riveting, thought-provoking, energising, refreshing, amazing, spine-tingling, appealing, astonishing, striking, heady, overwhelming … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “When she gets it right, it is a truly intoxicating experience, and the images she creates stay lodged in one's memory.”
      “There were drinks of different shades and varying levels of intoxicating alcohol.”
      “For generations, in several areas of the world, intoxicating mushrooms have been eaten in connection with religious ceremonies.”
intoxicated
  1. Stupefied by alcohol, drunk.
  2. Stupefied by any chemical substance.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. drunk, inebriated, drunken, wasted, plastered, hammered, tipsy, smashed, high, stoned, blitzed, bombed, sozzled, blotto, inebriate, sloshed, loaded, canned, sottish, stewed, soused, pickled, tanked, blasted, squiffy, tiddly, tight, ripped, juiced, besotted, squiffed, stiff, wet, crocked, fried, blind, lit, cockeyed, impaired, boozy, oiled, gassed, stinking, potted, looped, buzzed, befuddled, wrecked, flying, zonked … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Stumbling over my own two feet and then trying to stagger to regain my footage, I resembled an intoxicated drunk on a wild Saturday night.”
      “She was intoxicated with joy at the thought of leaving the convent.”
intoxicate
  1. (obsolete) Intoxicated.
  2. (obsolete) Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
toxicophoric
  1. Describing the potential toxicity of a substance because of its structure.
toxicopharmacological
  1. Of or pertaining to toxicopharmacology
toxicant
  1. Capable of causing damage by poisoning
  2. Synonyms:
      3. venomous, noxious, toxic, virulent, deadly, pernicious, pestiferous, fatal, poison, malignant, destructive, mortal, baneful, mephitic, dangerous, septic, lethal, pestilential, evil, infective, toxiferous, vicious, malicious, peccant, viperous, bad, baleful, corrupt, noisome, nocuous, deleterious, detrimental, hurtful, miasmatic, morbid, corruptive, mephitical, poisonous, envenomed, harmful, poisoned, injurious, unsafe, contaminated, unhealthy, unwholesome, death-dealing, environmentally unfriendly, contagious, pestilent … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The toxicant snake venom injected into his bloodstream quickly caused severe damage to his vital organs.”
toxicokinetic
  1. Of or pertaining to toxicokinetics
toxicogenomic
  1. Of or pertaining to toxicogenomics
toxicogenic
  1. Producing poison or toxins.
  2. Examples:
      3. “A study was designed to evaluate the toxicogenic versus protective effect of cooked and dehydrated black beans on bone marrow and peripheral blood cells of mice.”
toxinlike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a toxin.
intoxicative
  1. Relating to intoxication.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. inebriating, alcoholic, spirituous, inebriant, strong, brewed, distilled, fermented, vinous, intoxicating, spiritous, boozy, hard, intoxicant, potent, powerful, concentrated, stiff, stimulating, containing alcohol, heady, mind-altering, invigorating, envigorating … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The bartender recommended a glass of the intoxicative cocktail for those who preferred a stronger and higher alcoholic content.”
      “This touches upon the real dilemmas that are now posed for those contemplating the intoxicative practices of late modern capitalist societies.”
toxigenic
  1. toxicogenic
  2. Examples:
      3. “There, by colonizing the peanut pod zone, the mold becomes a living shield against toxigenic fungi.”
      “In addition, toxigenic bacteria that have been implicated in sudden infant death syndrome do reside in used infant mattresses.”
      “Interestingly, some toxigenic strains of clostridial species other than C botulinum are capable of producing botulinum neurotoxin.”
intoxicant
  1. Intoxicating.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. powerful, potent, intoxicating, concentrated, hard, inebriating, envigorating, invigorating, mind-altering, stiff, heady, spirituous, alcoholic, strong, vinous, boozy, inebriant, intoxicative, spiritous, containing alcohol, stimulating, distilled, brewed, fermented, rich, robust, big, full, lusty, plush, muscular, full-bodied, stimulant, restorative, tonic, energising, energizing … more
toxinogenic
  1. toxicogenic
toxical
  1. Archaic form of toxic.
  2. Examples:
      3. “It consists in the epuration of the blood by the toxical substances resulted from the metabolic process.”
      “This equipment helps detect drugs, explosives, toxical industrial chemicals, oil products, dissolvents, mineral acids, inorganic substances, phytogenic materials.”
toxified
  1. simple past tense and past participle of toxify
  2. Synonyms:
      3. polluted, contaminated, defiled, stained, soiled, dirtied, tainted, befouled, spoiled, spoilt, fouled, smirched, adulterated, marred, debased, poisoned, blighted, infected, damaged, impaired, alloyed, profaned, littered, infested, made filthy … more
toxifying
  1. present participle of toxify
  2. Synonyms:
      3. polluting, contaminating, defiling, staining, soiling, dirtying, tainting, befouling, spoiling, fouling, smirching, adulterating, marring, debasing, poisoning, blighting, infecting, damaging, impairing, alloying, profaning, littering, infesting, making filthy … more
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