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poisoned — index deadly, peccant (unhealthy), tainted (contaminated) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Poisoned — Infobox Software name = Poisoned caption = Poisoned v0.519 developer = Aaron Sittig, Andrew Winder, Jason Toffaletti, Jayson Cowan, Michael Thole, Silvio Rizzi. Scott Williams released = ? frequently updated = yes programming language = ?… … Wikipedia
Poisoned — Poison Poi son, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poisoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Poisoning}.] [Cf. OF. poisonner, F. empoissoner, L. potionare to give to drink. See {Poison}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
poisoned — adj. Poisoned is used with these nouns: ↑arrow … Collocations dictionary
poisoned — un·poisoned; … English syllables
Poisoned Glen — Vue sur Poisoned Glen et les Derryveagh Mountains. Massif Derryveagh Mountains Pays … Wikipédia en Français
poisoned chalice — noun An apparent gift or benefit that is likely to cause great trouble to the recipient • • • Main Entry: ↑poison * * * poisoned chalice chiefly Brit : something that seems attractive at first but becomes unpleasant Working as store manager was a … Useful english dictionary
Poisoned Electrick Head — (PEH) formed in 1986 in St Helens, Merseyside, England. It was a psychedelic indie rock band that existed with the seven original members until 1998. Three members abandoned the endeavour but its four remaining members are still active today as… … Wikipedia
poisoned chalice — UK US noun [S] ► something that seems very good when it is received, but that in fact may be harmful to the person who receives it: »He is stepping into a job that many would regard as a poisoned chalice … Financial and business terms
poisoned chalice — If someone is given a poisoned chalice, they are given a job or task which appears attractive but is actually doomed to failure or beset with problems that will damage their reputation or harm them … The small dictionary of idiomes
