“Poisoned” is a form of
poison
/ˈpɔɪ.zən/ noun, verb
Forms poisons poisoning poisoned
- noun A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested. “We used a poison to kill the weeds.”
- noun (figuratively) Anything harmful to a person or thing. “Gossip is a malicious poison.”
- noun (informal, idiomatic) An alcoholic drink. (Mainly in the phrases "name your poison" and "what's your poison?") “— What's your poison? — I'll have a glass of whiskey.”
- noun (chemistry) Any substance that inhibits catalytic activity.
- verb (transitive) To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody). “The assassin poisoned the king.”
- verb (transitive) To pollute; to cause to become poisonous. “That factory is poisoning the river.”
- verb (transitive) To cause to become much worse. “Suspicion will poison their relationship.”
- verb (transitive) To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions. “She's poisoned him against all his old friends.”
- verb (chemistry) To inhibit the catalytic activity of.
- verb (transitive, computing) To place false or malicious data into (a cache, etc.) as part of an exploit.
Synonyms
atter bane contaminant pollutant toxin contaminate pollute taint corrupt toxicant poisonous substance envenom
Etymology
From Middle English poysoun, poyson, pusoun, from Old French poison, poisun, from Latin pōtiōnem (“drink, a draught, a poisonous draught, a potion”), from pōtō (“to drink”). See also potion and potable (from the same root). Mostly displaced native Old English ātor and lybb. See more at atter.
Webster’s 1913
- noun Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of pestilential diseases.
- noun That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as, the poison of evil example; the poison of sin. Poison ash. (Bot.) (a) A tree of the genus Amyris (A. balsamifera) found in the West Indies, from the trunk of which a black liquor distills, supposed to have poisonous qualities. (b) The poison sumac (Rhus venenata). [U. S.] -- Poison dogwood (Bot.), poison sumac.
- verb To put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison an arrow; to poison food or drink. "The ingredients of our poisoned chalice." Shak.
- verb To injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to. If you poison us, do we not die Shak.
Etymology [F. poison, in Old French also, a potion, fr. L. potio a drink, draught, potion, a poisonous draught, fr. potare to drink. See Potable, and cf. Potion.]
Etymology [Cf. OF. poisonner, F. empoissoner, L. potionare to give to drink. See Poison, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “poison”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details