toxic

IPA: tˈɑksɪk

(toxicology, pharmacology) Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.
(medicine) Appearing grossly unwell; characterised by serious, potentially life-threatening compromise in the respiratory, circulatory or other body systems.
(figurative) Severely negative or harmful.
(figurative, of a person) Hateful or strongly antipathetic.

Examples of "toxic" in Sentences

TOM COMERFORD, TOUR GUIDE: Have you ever heard of the term toxic assets?
AMANPOUR: And fighting back against what they call a toxic, secular society.
AMBASSADOR ANDREW YOUNG: No, John was concerned about what he calls toxic speech.
Congressman Lewis said he was warning about the dangers of what he calls toxic language.
It's going to subsidize private investors, who hopefully -- they were hoping will come in and buy some of this what they call toxic waste.
Just because a planet has what you call a toxic atmosphere of carbon dioxide and a surface temperature of 1,700 doesn\'t mean it doesn\'t have some kind of life thriving there.
Although we can certainly have toxic relatives, toxic thoughts, or toxic relationships, I generally use the term toxic in discussing two broad classes of toxins: environmental and internal.
Lord Patten, the BBC Trust chairman, has signalled that the corporation would address what he called a "toxic" public relations problem by cutting the pay of some of its most senior executives.