poisoned

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poisoned

  • /ˈpɔɪzn̩d/

adjective more poisoned · most poisoned

  1. of a living thing Killed, paralysed, or harmed by receiving a dose of poison. The snake left its poisoned prey to die.
  2. Containing poison; poisonous. The hunters began to fire their poisoned darts.
  3. figuratively Having a strongly negative effect; harmful. This is a poisoned work environment.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of poison

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: envenom, poisonous, toxic, sullied, twisted, contaminated, plagued, corrupted, screwed, alone, fouled, envenomed, laced, spiked, tainted, infected

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adj killed, paralysed, or harmed by receiving a dose of poison

Русскийотра́вленный otrávlennyj
العربيةمَسْمُوم masmūm

adj (of food or drink, toxicology) containing poison

Русскийотра́вленный otrávlennyj
العربيةمَسْمُوم masmūm

adj having a strongly negative effect

Русскийядови́тый jadovítyj

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@misc{poisoned_2026,
  title = {poisoned},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poisoned},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}