poison

/pɔɪzən/ nounverb
6 letters2 syllables8 points in Scrabble®10 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS7
NOUN
1

Any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism.

2

Anything that harms or destroys.

“the poison of fascism”

VERB
1

Add poison to.

“Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her”

2

Administer poison to.

“She poisoned her husband but he did not die”

3

Kill by its poison.

“This mushrooms can poison”

4

Kill with poison.

“She poisoned her husband”

5

Spoil as if by poison.

“poison someone's mind”

“poison the atmosphere in the office”

WORD FORMS
Related formpoisonous
Related formpoisoning
Related formpoisoner
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®8 points
Words With Friends®10 points
Double word16 points
Triple word24 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinoisonpay
Starts & ends withP … N
Syllablespoi · son
SYNONYMS & RELATED6
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