Poisonous
Vicious
Vicious adjective - Having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it.
Usage example: he spread vicious rumors about his ex-wife after their bitter divorce
Poisonous is a synonym for vicious in attitude topic. You can use "Poisonous" instead an adjective "Vicious", if it concerns topics such as nasty, malicious. popular alternative
Nearby Word: viciously
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The land beneath the Taintclouds in Baten Kaitos (the surface) is a deadly poisonous wasteland filled with all manner of deadly and vicious beasts.
Source: Death World - One depicted a group of game hunters visiting Bigg's World, a jungle planet where everything was vicious, deadly and/or poisonous.
Source: Death World - The very air of the surface is poisonous and radioactive, and every inch of the ruined city is infested with vicious, bloodthirsty, man-eating mutants that attack from land, sea, and air (and sometimes all at once).
Source: Crapsack World / Video Games
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