Meanings
plural poisonings
- countableuncountableThe administration of a poison.
The number of young children in the US who have died from opioid overdoses has increased significantly, according to a new study on accidental poisonings of children 5 and younger.
2023 March 8, Jen Christensen, “Young children are increasingly victims of opioid epidemic, study finds”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023 - countableuncountableThe state of being poisoned.
Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.
2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2021
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of poison
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
By surface analysis, poison + -ing.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَسْمِيم, تَسَمُّم
- تَسْمِيم (tasmīm)administration of a poison
- تَسَمُّم (tasammum)state of being poisoned
Bulgarian отра́вяне, отра́вяне
- отра́вяне (otrávjane)administration of a poison
- отра́вяне (otrávjane)state of being poisoned
Catalan enverinament, enverinament
- enverinamentadministration of a poison
- enverinamentstate of being poisoned
Chinese Mandarin 中毒, 毒害
- 中毒 (zhòngdú)administration of a poison
- 毒害 (dúhài)administration of a poison
- 毒死 (dúsǐ)administration of a poison
- 毒殺 /毒杀 (dúshā)administration of a poison
- 中毒 (zhòngdú)state of being poisoned
Czech otrava, otrava
- otravaadministration of a poison
- otravastate of being poisoned
- otrávenístate of being poisoned
Danish forgiftning
- forgiftningadministration of a poison
Dutch vergiftiging
- vergiftigingadministration of a poison
Esperanto veneniĝo
- veneniĝostate of being poisoned
Estonian mürgitamine, mürgistus
- mürgitamineadministration of a poison
- mürgistusstate of being poisoned
- mürgitusstate of being poisoned
Finnish myrkyttäminen, myrkytys
- myrkyttäminenadministration of a poison
- myrkytysstate of being poisoned
French empoisonnement, intoxication
- empoisonnementadministration of a poison
- intoxicationstate of being poisoned
German Vergiftung, Vergiftung
- Vergiftungadministration of a poison
- Vergiftungstate of being poisoned
Hindi विषाक्तन, विषाक्तन
- विषाक्तन (viṣāktan)administration of a poison
- विषाक्तन (viṣāktan)state of being poisoned
- विषाक्तता (viṣāktatā)state of being poisoned
Hungarian mérgezés, mérgezés
- mérgezésadministration of a poison
- mérgezésstate of being poisoned
- intoxikációstate of being poisoned
Indonesian keracunan
- keracunanstate of being poisoned
Irish nimhiú, nimhiú
- nimhiúadministration of a poison
- nimhiústate of being poisoned
Italian avvelenamento
- avvelenamentoadministration of a poison
Japanese 中毒, 毒殺
- 中毒 (chūdoku)administration of a poison
- 毒殺 (dokusatsu)administration of a poison
- 毒害 (dokugai)administration of a poison
- 中毒 (chūdoku)state of being poisoned
Korean 독살, 중독
- 독살 (doksal)administration of a poison
- 중독 (jungdok)administration of a poison
- 중독 (jungdok)state of being poisoned
Malay peracunan, keracunan
- peracunanadministration of a poison
- keracunanstate of being poisoned
Persian مسمومیت, تسمیم
- مسمومیت (masmumiyyat)administration of a poison
- تسمیم (tasmim)administration of a poison
Polish zatrucie, zatrucie
- zatrucieadministration of a poison
- zatruciestate of being poisoned
Portuguese envenenamento, envenenamento
- envenenamentoadministration of a poison
- envenenamentostate of being poisoned
Romanian otrăvire
- otrăvireadministration of a poison
Russian отравле́ние, отравле́ние
- отравле́ние (otravlénije)administration of a poison
- отравле́ние (otravlénije)state of being poisoned
Slovak otrava
- otravaadministration of a poison
Spanish emponzoñamiento, emponzoñamiento
- emponzoñamientoadministration of a poison
- emponzoñamientostate of being poisoned
Swedish förgiftning
- förgiftningadministration of a poison
Ukrainian отру́єння, отру́єння
- отру́єння (otrújennja)administration of a poison
- отру́єння (otrújennja)state of being poisoned
Cite this entry
poisoning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poisoning
“poisoning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poisoning. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poisoning,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poisoning.
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