radioactive
Exhibiting radioactivity.
Other meanings
dangerous and disgusting, particularly of people or ideas.
“Even sleazy tactics and his radioactive mouth may not be able to contain this debacle.”
Related words
- radioactivate
- nonradioactive
- radioactive equilibrium
- radioactive dating
- radioactive decay
- radioactive disintegration
- radioactive fallout
- radioactive tracer
- radioactive waste
- radioactively
- radioactivity
Example sentences
Word history
From French "radioactif".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “radioactive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.