POISON-PEN

Meaning of POISON-PEN in English

Function: adjective

Date: 1914

: written with malice and spite and usually anonymously <a poison-pen letter>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

POISON-PEN — adjective Date: 1914 written with malice and spite and usually anonymously
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POISON-PEN — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : venomously written : written with malice and spite poison-pen brochures — J.R.Carlson especially : written usually …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POISON-PEN — /poy"zeuhn pen"/ , adj. 1. composed or sent maliciously, as a letter, usually anonymously and for the purpose of damaging …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POISON-PEN — Date: 1914 : written with malice and spite and usually anonymously a poison-pen letter
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POISON-PEN — [poison-pen] adj (1925): written with malice and spite and usu. anonymously "~ letter"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POISON-PEN — poison-pen BrE AmE ˌpɔɪz ə n ˈpen ⇨- ə m- ▶ ˌ poison- ˈ pen ˌ letter BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POISON-PEN — {adj.} Containing threats or false accusations; written in spite or to get revenge, and usually unsigned. * /Mrs. Smith received …
Slang English vocab
POISON-PEN — {adj.} Containing threats or false accusations; written in spite or to get revenge, and usually unsigned. * /Mrs. Smith received …
Словарь английских идиом
POISON-PEN — adj. Containing threats or false accusations; written in spite or to get revenge, and usually unsigned. Mrs. Smith received a …
American Idioms English vocabulary
POISON PEN — автор анонимных писем
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POISON-PEN — автор анонимных писем, анонимщик анонимный, подметный (о письме и т. п.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POISON-PEN — Пасквилянт
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
POISON PEN — _n. автор анонимных писем
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POISON-PEN — 1. ͵pɔız(ə)nʹpen n автор анонимных писем, анонимщик 2. ͵pɔız(ə)nʹpen a анонимный, подмётный ( о письме и т. п. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POISON PEN — автор анонимных писем
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
POISON PEN — (n) автор анонимных писем; анонимщик
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
POISON PEN — (a) анонимный; подметный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
POISON-PEN — 1. [͵pɔız(ə)nʹpen] n автор анонимных писем, анонимщик 2. [͵pɔız(ə)nʹpen] a анонимный, подмётный ( о письме и т. п. )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
POISON-PEN — 1. ͵pɔız(ə)nʹpen n автор анонимных писем, анонимщик 2. ͵pɔız(ə)nʹpen a анонимный, подмётный ( о письме и т. п. )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
POISON PEN — автор анонимных писем
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
POISON PEN — автор анонимных писем
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
POISON PEN — автор анонимных писем
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
POISON PEN — автор анонимных писем
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
POISON PEN — автор анонимных писем
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
POISON PEN — автор анонимных писем
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
POISON PEN — автор анонимных писем
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
POISON PEN — _n. автор анонимных писем
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
POISON-PEN — автор анонимных писем, анонимщик анонимный, подметный (о письме и т. п.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
POISON PEN — автор анонимных писем
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
POISON — I Any substance (natural or synthetic) that, at a certain dosage, damages living tissues and injures or kills. Poisons spontaneously …
Английский словарь Британика
POISON — I. ˈpȯiz ə n, dial ˈpīz- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English poisoun, poison, from Old French poison drink, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PEN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POISON — — poisoner , n. — poisonless , adj. — poisonlessness , n. /poy"zeuhn/ , n. 1. a substance with an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PEN — pen 1 — penlike , adj. — penner , n. /pen/ , n. , v. , penned, penning . n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POISON — I. ˈpȯi-z ə n noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French poisun drink, potion, poison, from Latin potion-, potio drink — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PEN — I. ˈpen transitive verb ( penned ; pen·ning ) Etymology: Middle English pennen, from Old English -pennian Date: 13th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POISON — vi to act as, or convey, a poison. 2. poison ·noun to injure or kill by poison; to administer poison …
Webster English vocab
PEN — noun a female swan. 2. pen ·noun a wing. 3. pen ·noun the internal shell of a squid. 4. pen …
Webster English vocab
POISON — [poi.son] n [ME, fr. MF, drink, poisonous drink, poison, fr. L potion-, potio drink--more at potion] (13c) 1 a: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PEN — tool for writing or drawing with a coloured fluid, such as ink. The earliest ancestor of the pen probably was …
Britannica English vocabulary
POISON — poison BrE AmE ˈpɔɪz ə n ▷ poison|ed d ▷ poison|ing ‿ɪŋ ▷ poison|s z ▶ ˌ poison ˈ gas, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PEN — pen BrE AmE pen ▷ penned pend (= pend) ▷ penning ˈpen ɪŋ ▷ pens penz ▶ ˈ pen friend …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POISON — / ˈpɔɪzn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ C , U ] 1. a substance that causes death …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PEN — / pen; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. (often in compounds) an instrument made of plastic or metal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POISON — I. poi ‧ son 1 /ˈpɔɪz ə n/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PEN — I. pen 1 S2 /pen/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1,3: Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: penne …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POISON — n. & v. --n. 1 a substance that when introduced into or absorbed by a living organism causes death or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PEN — n. & v. --n. 1 an instrument for writing or drawing with ink, orig. consisting of a shaft with a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POISON — n. & v. n. 1 a substance that when introduced into or absorbed by a living organism causes death or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PEN — n. & v. n. 1 an instrument for writing or drawing with ink, orig. consisting of a shaft with a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POISON — n. & v. --n. 1. a substance that when introduced into or absorbed by a living organism causes death or …
Oxford English vocab
PEN — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. an instrument for writing or drawing with ink, orig. consisting of a shaft with …
Oxford English vocab
POISON — ( poisons, poisoning, poisoned) 1. Poison is a substance that harms or kills people or animals if they swallow it …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PEN — ( pens, penning, penned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A pen …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POISON
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PEN — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bottle top/pen top etc ▪ Has anyone seen my pen top? bull pen felt-tip …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POISON — [verb] [T]To poison a person or animal is to kill them or make them very ill by giving them poison.Four …
Cambridge English vocab
POISON — n. poison hemlock poison ivy poison oak poison sumac poison elder blood poisoning arsenic poisoning drug poisoning medicinal poisoning fish …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PEN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PEN — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ ballpoint , feather ( AmE ), felt , felt-tip , felt-tipped , fountain , gel , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
POISON — n. 25B6; noun a deadly poison : TOXIN, toxicant, venom; archaic bane. See lists. Marianne would spread her poison : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PEN — n. 25B6; noun you'll need a pen and paper : fountain pen, ballpoint (pen), rollerball; fibre tip (pen), felt tip …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
POISON — 1. сущ. 1) яд, отрава тж. перен. powerful poison ≈ сильный яд rat poison ≈ крысиный яд The poison of …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PEN — I 1. сущ. 1) а) перо (писчее); ручка с пером I am writing with the gold pen he gave me. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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