Malicious and Toxic

Malicious

Malicious adjective - Having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it.

Toxic and malicious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Toxic" instead an adjective "Malicious".

Nearby Words: malice, malignant, maliciously

Toxic

Toxic adjective - Containing or contaminated with a substance capable of injuring or killing a living thing.

Malicious and toxic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Malicious" instead an adjective "Toxic".

Nearby Words: toxicant, toxin

Both words in one sentence

  • Eventually you learn that the golden flowers are buttercups, and were the malicious Fallen Child's favorite; they also used them in an attempted Thanatos Gambit as buttercups are toxic when eaten fresh.
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