The only difference between a bad cook and a poisoner is the intent.
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Poisoner
Synonyms for "poisoner" (45 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (22)
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Translations
34 translations across 15 languages.
Belarusian
4 entries- атруча́льнік noun (person who poisons something or someone)
- атруча́льніца noun (person who poisons something or someone)
- зяле́йнік noun (person who poisons something or someone)
- зяле́йніца noun (person who poisons something or someone)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отрови́тел noun (person who poisons something or someone)
- отрови́телка noun (person who poisons something or someone)
Dutch
1 entries- gifmenger noun (person who poisons something or someone)
Finnish
1 entries- myrkyttäjä noun (person who poisons something or someone)
French
2 entries- empoisonneur noun (person who poisons something or someone)
- empoisonneuse noun (person who poisons something or someone)
German
4 entries- Giftmischer noun (person who poisons something or someone)
- Giftmischerin noun (person who poisons something or someone)
- Giftmörder noun (person who poisons something or someone)
- Giftmörderin noun (person who poisons something or someone)
Indonesian
1 entries- peracun noun (person who poisons something or someone)
Irish
1 entries- nimhitheoir noun (person who poisons something or someone)
Latin
3 entries- venēfica noun (person who poisons something or someone)
- venēficus noun (person who poisons something or someone)
- venēnārius noun (person who poisons something or someone)
Norman
1 entries- empouaîsonneux noun (person who poisons something or someone)
Polish
2 entries- truciciel noun (person who poisons something or someone)
- trucicielka noun (person who poisons something or someone)
Russian
2 entries- отрави́тель noun (person who poisons something or someone)
- отрави́тельница noun (person who poisons something or someone)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- trovač noun (person who poisons something or someone)
- trovačica noun (person who poisons something or someone)
Spanish
2 entries- envenenador noun (person who poisons something or someone)
- envenenadora noun (person who poisons something or someone)
Ukrainian
4 entries- отру́йник noun (person who poisons something or someone)
- отру́йниця noun (person who poisons something or someone)
- отру́тник noun (person who poisons something or someone)
- отру́тниця noun (person who poisons something or someone)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The only difference between an awful cook and a poisoner is the intention.
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