to pox
- verb
- Archaic
:
malograr
- The storm poxed the harvest, leaving the farmers with little to sell.
Examples
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A missed delivery time had poxed their plans for the rest of the day.
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The harsh criticism will pox his reputation.
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He believed bad luck had poxed his journey from the very start.
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Don't pox the fun!
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The sudden change in weather poxed their plans for the outdoor event.
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She felt that bad luck had poxed her chances of success throughout the project.
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His careless mistakes poxed the entire presentation, much to everyone's disappointment.
Synonyms
126
7.3
To make something harmful or spoil its quality
121
5.6
To cause constant trouble and suffering to people and things
1
9.9
To wish bad things to happen to someone
To ruin something by doing it badly
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
3
9.9
A serious illness that spreads between people and causes skin sores, often meaning smallpox in old texts
- Specialized
1
9.9
A less serious form of smallpox that causes small sores and a mild fever
- Slur
A mild kind of smallpox that causes less severe symptoms and appears in old reports from southern Africa
- Archaic
A doctor who treated people with smallpox and other contagious diseases during outbreaks
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the figurative verb pox is that people once used the disease as a curse and said 'a pox on you' to mean bad luck or ruin, so to be poxed could mean 'ruined' or 'cursed'.