poisoned

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: poiʹzənd, IPA(key): /ˈpɔɪzn̩d/
  • Hyphenation: poi‧soned

Adjective

poisoned (comparative more poisoned, superlative 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.

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Verb

poisoned

  1. simple past and past participle of poison

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