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Definitions for Poisoned
[1] a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
[2] something harmful or pernicious, as to happiness or well-being: the poison of slander.
[3] Slang . any variety of alcoholic liquor: Name your poison!
[4] to administer poison to (a person or animal).
[5] to kill or injure with or as if with poison.
[6] to put poison into or upon; saturate with poison: to poison food.
[7] to ruin, vitiate, or corrupt: Hatred had poisoned his mind.
[8] Chemistry . to destroy or diminish the activity of (a catalyst or enzyme).
[9] causing poisoning; poisonous: a poison shrub.
[10] any substance that can impair function, cause structural damage, or otherwise injure the body Related adjective: toxic
[11] something that destroys, corrupts, etc the poison of fascism
[12] a substance that retards a chemical reaction or destroys or inhibits the activity of a catalyst
[13] a substance that absorbs neutrons in a nuclear reactor and thus slows down the reaction. It may be added deliberately or formed during fission
[14] what's your poison? informal what would you like to drink?
[15] to give poison to (a person or animal) esp with intent to kill
[16] to add poison to
[17] to taint or infect with or as if with poison
[18] (foll by against) to turn (a person's mind) against he poisoned her mind against me
[19] to retard or stop (a chemical or nuclear reaction) by the action of a poison
[20] to inhibit or destroy (the activity of a catalyst) by the action of a poison
Words related to Poisoned
poisonvenom, germ, virus, toxin, contamination, bacteria, harm, debase, injure, subvert, infect, taint, kill, corrupt, destroy, stain, undermine, adulteration, cancer, contagion
Words nearby Poisoned
poisonpoised, poiser, poiseuille's law, poiseuille's space, poisha, poison, poison bean, poison dogwood, poison gas, poison haw, poison hemlock
Origin of Poisoned
1200–50; Middle English puisun < Old French < Latin pōtiōn- (stem of pōtiō ) drink, potion, poisonous draught
Other words from Poisoned
poi·son·er , noun
poi·son·less , adjective
poi·son·less·ness , noun
out·poi·son , verb (used with object)
self-poi·son·er , noun
un·poi·soned , adjective
Word origin for Poisoned
C13: from Old French puison potion, from Latin pōtiō a drink, esp a poisonous one, from pōtāre to drink