poison

Speech parts

1. poison - Noun

2. poison - Verb

Meaning

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.

That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as, the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.

To put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison an arrow; to poison food or drink.

To injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to.

To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind.

To act as, or convey, a poison.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bane venom toxin taint toxicant poisonous substance corrupt contamination contaminate pollute virus envenom contaminant muller sully
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Antonyms

tucker ambrosia nostrum pharmaceutics bolus physic
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Hypernyms

change kill drug substance dose alter

Hyponyms

atropine toxin intoxicate hyoscyamine

Phrases with the word

pick your poison one man's meat is another man's poison Santander poison frog effective poison fell poison deadly poison

Derivatives

poisoned poisoning

Examples

It is only next to God that we can find true and eternal joy. We taste bitter poison when we live apart from sweet Jesus. Paisios of Mount Athos

What is food to one, is to others bitter poison. Lucretius

There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall. Colette

The bee gets honey from the same flower where the snake sucks her poison. Armenian Proverb

The army is the poison and the people are the water in which the poison is mixed. Vietnamese Proverb

One sip of wine is an antidote against death, cupfuls poison life. Persian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

poiser poisha poising poison arrow poison arrow frog poison arrow plant