venom

Speech parts

1. venom - Noun

2. venom - Adjective

3. venom - Verb

Meaning

Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging.

Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. Chaucer.

To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bane malice spite poison hostility toxin bitterness enmity bile vitriol rancor sarcasm virus acrimony bacteria
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Antonyms

tucker amity ambrosia nostrum pharmaceutics bolus
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Hypernyms

malevolence malignity zootoxin animal toxin

Hyponyms

snake venom kokoi venom

Phrases with the word

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Anagrams

Venmo

Examples

Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth. Eric Hoffer

Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed. And what better place to get that well of venom and outrage boiling than a newsroom, because you're on the front lines. Carl Hiaasen

The taipan is the one to watch out for. It is the most poisonous snake on Earth, with a lunge so swift and a venom so potent that your last mortal utterance is likely to be: "I say, is that a sn. Bill Bryson

The venom is in the tail. Italian Proverb

The beast once dead, the venom is dead. Italian Proverb

There is no venom like that of the tongue. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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