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present participle of poison.

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Definitions

poisoning

[poi-zuh-ning] / ˈpɔɪ zə nɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

infectious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

contagious toxic virulent

WEAK

communicable contaminating corrupting defiling diseased epidemic infective mephitic miasmic noxious pestilent pestilential polluting transferable transmittable vitiating

Antonyms

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harmless nonpoisonous

WEAK

antiseptic germless non-infectious uncommunicable uncontagious

NOUN

contamination

Synonyms

STRONGEST

contagion corruption disease epidemic infection pollution

STRONG

decay defilement dirtying filth foulness impurity pestilence plague rottenness spoliation taint

WEAK

radioactivation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cleanliness purification sterility

WEAK

cleaning cure healing sterilization

NOUN

impurity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

contamination grime pollutant scum

STRONG

adulteration corruption defilement dirt filth pestilence pollution stain taint uncleanness

WEAK

foreign matter

Antonyms

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cleanliness

STRONG

pureness purification purity sterility

NOUN

uncleanness

Synonyms

STRONG

adulteration contamination corruption defilement dirt dirtiness filth foulness grime pestilence pollutant pollution scum stain taint unwholesomeness

WEAK

foreign matter

Antonyms

STRONG

cleanliness pureness purification purity sterility

NOUN

unwholesomeness

Synonyms

STRONG

adulteration contamination corruption defilement dirt dirtiness filth foulness grime pestilence pollutant pollution scum stain taint uncleanness

WEAK

foreign matter

Antonyms

STRONG

cleanliness pureness purification purity sterility

Example Sentences

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We’re proud of the results we’ve achieved over the past 17 months against air and water pollution, lead poisoning, ozone depletion and radioactive waste.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

Both Panelli and his wife, Julie, came down with food poisoning.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

"There have been incidents like mass food poisoning, and now corruption. The public has been calling for it to stop, but those demands have been ignored," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

He does not seem to think about the jobs it will destroy, the way it is poisoning creativity or education, the way it warps our shared sense of reality.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

“Yes. Something poisoning the potatoes,” Anna said as if she knew what I was thinking.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

poisoning

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