POISON PEN LETTER

Meaning of POISON PEN LETTER in English

noun

an unpleasant letter which is not signed and is intended to upset the person who receives it

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

POISON PEN LETTER — ■ noun an anonymous letter that is libellous, abusive, or malicious.
Concise Oxford English vocab
POISON-PEN LETTER — ˌpoison-ˈpen letter BrE AmE noun [countable] a letter that is not signed and that says bad things about the person …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POISON-PEN LETTER — ( poison-pen letters) A poison-pen letter is an unpleasant unsigned letter which is sent in order to upset someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POISON-PEN LETTER — (~s) A ~ is an unpleasant unsigned letter which is sent in order to upset someone or to cause trouble. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POISON-PEN LETTER — анонимное письмо, кляуза
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POISON-PEN LETTER — анонимное письмо, кляуза
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
POISON PEN LETTER — анонимное оскорбительное письмо
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POISON PEN LETTER — анонимное оскорбительное письмо
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
POISON-PEN LETTER — анонимное письмо, кляуза
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
POISON-PEN LETTER — анонимное письмо, кляуза
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
POISON-PEN LETTER — анонимное письмо, кляуза
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
LETTER — I. ˈled.ə(r), -etə- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English lettre, letter, from Old French lettre, from …
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
LETTER — noun one who retards or hinders. 2. letter ·noun learning; erudition; as, a man of letters. 3. letter ·noun a …
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
LETTER — / ˈletə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a message that is written down or printed on paper …
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
LETTER — I. let ‧ ter 1 S1 W1 /ˈletə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old …
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
LETTER — n. & v. --n. 1 a a character representing one or more of the simple or compound sounds used in …
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
LETTER — n. & v. n. 1 a a character representing one or more of the simple or compound sounds used in …
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
LETTER — n. & v. --n. 1. a a character representing one or more of the simple or compound sounds used in …
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
LETTER — ( letters, lettering, lettered) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
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
LETTER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a correspondence/letters column (= that prints some of the letters a newspaper receives ) …
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
LETTER
Longman Activator English vocab
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
LETTER — I 1. сущ. 1) буква block letter ≈ прописная печатная буква capital letter, large letter, upper-case letter ≈ прописная (заглавная, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POISON — poison.ogg 1. ʹpɔız(ə)n n 1. 1> яд; отрава poison flour - белый мышьяк to take poison - принять яд 2> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LETTER — letter.ogg _I 1. ʹletə n _I 1. буква capital small letter - прописная строчная буква initial letter - начальная буква …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POISON — 1) яд, ядовитое вещество; токсин 2) отравлять 3) поглотитель ( нейтронов ) • - burnable poison - catalyst poison - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
PEN — 1) перо; пишущий элемент 2) (пишущая) ручка 3) рейсфедер 4) перемычка 5) укрытие • - ball-point pen - beam pen …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LETTER — 1) буква; элемент алфавита; символ; знак 2) письмо 3) штемпелевать 4) полигр. литера 5) мн. ч. радио позывные • - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
POISON — 1) яд, ядовитое вещество; токсин 2) отравлять 3) поглотитель (нейтронов) • - burnable poison - catalyst poison - electrode poison - electrolysis poison - environmental poison - permanent poison - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PEN — 1) перо; пишущий элемент 2) (пишущая) ручка 3) рейсфедер 4) перемычка 5) укрытие • - ball-point pen - beam pen - bow pen - brush pen - capillary-flow pen - coding …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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