toxic
toxic is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, toxic is hyphenated as:
Definitions oftoxic
- Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.
Example: "Tobacco smoke contains many toxic substances."
- Appearing grossly unwell; characterised by serious, potentially life-threatening compromise in the respiratory, circulatory or other body systems.
Example: "The child appeared toxic on arrival at the hospital."
- Severely negative or harmful.
Example: "a toxic environment that promoted bullying"
- (of a person) Hateful or strongly antipathetic.
Example: "It is not good to be around toxic people."
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