poisoned
Killed, paralysed, or harmed by receiving a dose of poison.
Example
“The snake left its poisoned prey to die.”
Other meanings
Containing poison; poisonous.
“The hunters began to fire their poisoned darts.”
Having a strongly negative effect; harmful.
“This is a poisoned work environment.”
Related words
- nonpoisoned
- unpoisoned
- poisoned chalice
- poisoned compliment
- poisoned pawn
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “poisoned” 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.