Synonyms of poisoned

poisoned 1 of 2

adjective

as in poisonous

containing or contaminated with a substance capable of injuring or killing a living thing

leaving poisoned food to try to kill the roaches

Synonyms & Similar Words

• poisonous
• poison
• toxic
• venomous
• harmful
• envenomed
• infective
• infectious
• malignant
• injurious
• pathogenic
• pestilential
• lethal
• virulent
• deleterious
• baneful
• contagious
• fatal
• noxious
• unhealthful
• hurtful
• deadly
• nocuous
• unwholesome
• unhealthy
• pestilent
• fell
• calamitous
• murderous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nontoxic
• beneficial
• healthy
• helpful
• healthful
• curative
• wholesome
• harmless
• remedial
• nonpoisonous
• palliative
• salubrious
• salutary
• benign
• innocuous
• inoffensive
• nonvenomous
• nonfatal
• nonlethal

poisoned

2 of 2

verb

past tense of poison

1

as in tainted

to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable

poisoning the minds of impressionable children with ethnic hatred

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tainted
• spoiled
• marred
• stained
• darkened
• touched
• tarnished
• vitiated
• degraded
• polluted
• discredited
• smeared
• distorted
• corrupted
• lowered
• blackened
• blemished
• blurred
• soiled
• sullied
• clouded
• disgraced
• discolored
• smudged
• dishonored
• tarred
• perverted
• shamed
• debased
• besmirched
• dirtied
• subverted
• twisted
• sank
• besmeared
• fouled
• demeaned
• colored
• smutted
• smirched
• depraved
• debauched
• begrimed
• cheapened
• demoralized
• abased
• bastardized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• purified
• cleansed
• elevated
• magnified
• uplifted
• dignified
• enshrined
• glorified
• ennobled
• hallowed

2

as in polluted

to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable

exhaust fumes poisoning the air

Synonyms & Similar Words

• polluted
• contaminated
• tainted
• infected
• defiled
• befouled
• fouled
• stained
• diluted
• soiled
• sullied
• adulterated
• blackened
• smudged
• rotted
• corrupted
• dirtied
• besmirched
• muddied
• mired
• spoiled
• begrimed
• grimed
• smirched
• watered down
• doctored
• fouled up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• purified
• cleaned
• distilled
• cleared
• purged
• cleansed
• clarified
• filtered
• decontaminated
• sterilized
• disinfected
• sanitized

3

as in degraded

to lower in character, dignity, or quality

this party partisanship poisons the national debate we should be having about this urgent problem

Synonyms & Similar Words

• degraded
• corrupted
• weakened
• deteriorated
• diluted
• humiliated
• destroyed
• subverted
• damaged
• perverted
• tainted
• ruined
• contaminated
• depraved
• polluted
• debased
• cankered
• disgraced
• demeaned
• vitiated
• debauched
• prostituted
• marred
• warped
• lessened
• bastardized
• demoralized
• profaned
• harmed
• cheapened
• hurt
• thinned
• shamed
• wrecked
• impaired
• abased
• humbled
• spoiled
• defiled
• watered down
• dishonored
• stained
• dirtied
• tarnished
• flawed
• befouled
• begrimed
• descended
• defaced
• took down
• downgraded
• depreciated
• blemished

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elevated
• uplifted
• improved
• honored
• enriched
• exalted
• amended
• ennobled
• enhanced
• dignified
• purified
• perfected
• cleaned
• refined
• restored
• ameliorated
• cleansed
• bettered
• clarified
• respected
• meliorated

4

as in turned

to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge

malicious rumors had poisoned many church members against the new pastor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• turned
• convinced
• persuaded
• prejudiced
• biased
• influenced
• disposed
• inclined
• predisposed
• suggested
• prepossessed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of poisoned

Verb

Glutathione is processed in sterile compounding pharmacies, and there have been cases of people getting poisoned due to contamination at these facilities, Sack said. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Patterson was accused of pretending to eat the same portion, and of feigning illness in an elaborate ruse to suggest she’d also been poisoned. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

For decades, many speculated Taylor had been poisoned with arsenic, as his sudden death happened during an intense political crisis over slavery. — Sophie Clausen, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026

Israel's war against Hezbollah in south Lebanon has poisoned soil and destroyed valuable ecosystems for generations to come. — Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026

The types of crimes weren’t spelled out, but imagine that a President, say, poisoned his estranged spouse and concealed the crime until after leaving the White House. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

In addition to the 10 discovered last weekend, two trees were found poisoned in late July and four more in May, Raymore said. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026

Such fraudulence bore only poisoned fruit, swelling overseas bank accounts for the Manchurian candidates who were seeding duplicity into the loam of their nation’s imagination. — Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026

This relied on the assumption that ducks could eat toads without being poisoned themselves. — Kimon De Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026