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poisoning

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The administration of a poison.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The state of being poisoned.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of poison

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: killing, kill, putting to death

Narrower terms: gassing

5

noun

Meaning 5

the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: toxic condition, intoxication

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition

Narrower terms: alkali poisoning, caffeinism, caffeine intoxication, carbon monoxide poisoning, cyanide poisoning, ergotism, mercury poisoning, naphthalene poisoning, nicotine poisoning, ophidism, paraquat poisoning, pesticide poisoning, salicylate poisoning

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, poison + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَسْمِيم (tasmīm) — administration of a poison
  • Belarusian: атру́чванне (atrúčvannje) — administration of a poison
  • Bulgarian: отра́вяне (otrávjane) — administration of a poison
  • Catalan: enverinament — administration of a poison
  • Chinese Mandarin: 中毒 (zhòngdú) — administration of a poison
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毒害 (dúhài) — administration of a poison
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毒死 (dúsǐ) — administration of a poison
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毒殺 /毒杀 (dúshā) — administration of a poison
  • Czech: otrava — administration of a poison
  • Danish: forgiftning — administration of a poison
  • Dutch: vergiftiging — administration of a poison
  • Estonian: mürgitamine — administration of a poison
  • Faroese: eitran — administration of a poison
  • Finnish: myrkyttäminen — administration of a poison
  • French: empoisonnement — administration of a poison
  • Galician: envelenamento — administration of a poison
  • German: Vergiftung — administration of a poison
  • Haitian Creole: anpwazònman — administration of a poison
  • Hindi: विषाक्तन (viṣāktan) — administration of a poison
  • Hungarian: mérgezés — administration of a poison
  • Irish: nimhiú — administration of a poison
  • Italian: avvelenamento — administration of a poison
  • Japanese: 中毒 (chūdoku) — administration of a poison
  • Japanese: 毒殺 (dokusatsu) — administration of a poison
  • Japanese: 毒害 (dokugai) — administration of a poison
  • Korean: 독살 (doksal) — administration of a poison
  • Korean: 중독 (jungdok) — administration of a poison
  • Macedonian: труење (truenje) — administration of a poison
  • Malay: peracunan — administration of a poison
  • Marathi: विषप्रयोग (viṣaprayog) — administration of a poison
  • Persian: مسمومیت (masmumiyyat) — administration of a poison
  • Persian: تسمیم (tasmim) — administration of a poison
  • Polish: zatrucie — administration of a poison
  • Portuguese: envenenamento — administration of a poison
  • Romanian: otrăvire — administration of a poison
  • Russian: отравле́ние (otravlénije) — administration of a poison
  • Serbo-Croatian: тровање — administration of a poison
  • Serbo-Croatian: trovanje — administration of a poison
  • Slovak: otrava — administration of a poison
  • Slovene: zastrupljanje — administration of a poison
  • Spanish: emponzoñamiento — administration of a poison
  • Swedish: förgiftning — administration of a poison
  • Ukrainian: отру́єння (otrújennja) — administration of a poison
  • Arabic: تَسَمُّم (tasammum) — state of being poisoned
  • Belarusian: атру́чванне (atrúčvannje) — state of being poisoned
  • Bulgarian: отра́вяне (otrávjane) — state of being poisoned
  • Catalan: enverinament — state of being poisoned
  • Chinese Mandarin: 中毒 (zhòngdú) — state of being poisoned
  • Czech: otrava — state of being poisoned
  • Czech: otrávení — state of being poisoned
  • Esperanto: veneniĝo — state of being poisoned
  • Estonian: mürgistus — state of being poisoned
  • Estonian: mürgitus — state of being poisoned
  • Finnish: myrkytys — state of being poisoned
  • French: intoxication — state of being poisoned
  • Galician: envelenamento — state of being poisoned
  • German: Vergiftung — state of being poisoned
  • Hindi: विषाक्तन (viṣāktan) — state of being poisoned
  • Hindi: विषाक्तता (viṣāktatā) — state of being poisoned
  • Hungarian: mérgezés — state of being poisoned
  • Hungarian: intoxikáció — state of being poisoned
  • Indonesian: keracunan — state of being poisoned
  • Irish: nimhiú — state of being poisoned
  • Japanese: 中毒 (chūdoku) — state of being poisoned
  • Korean: 중독 (jungdok) — state of being poisoned
  • Macedonian: труење (truenje) — state of being poisoned
  • Malay: keracunan — state of being poisoned
  • Marathi: विषबाधा (viṣbādhā) — state of being poisoned
  • Polish: zatrucie — state of being poisoned
  • Portuguese: envenenamento — state of being poisoned
  • Russian: отравле́ние (otravlénije) — state of being poisoned
  • Slovene: zastrupitev — state of being poisoned
  • Spanish: emponzoñamiento — state of being poisoned
  • Ukrainian: отру́єння (otrújennja) — state of being poisoned
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