Dictionary Entry
poison
poison is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as, the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.
- 3noun
To put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison an arrow; to poison food or drink.
- 4noun
To injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to.
- 5noun
To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind.
- 6intransitive verb
To act as, or convey, a poison.
- 7noun
anything that harms or destroys
"the poison of fascism"
- 8noun
any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
Synonyms
- 9verb
administer poison to
"She poisoned her husband but he did not die"
- 10verb
add poison to
"Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"
Synonyms
- 11verb
kill with poison
"She poisoned her husband"
- 12verb
kill by its poison
"This mushrooms can poison"
- 13verb
spoil as if by poison
"poison someone's mind"
"poison the atmosphere in the office"
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