Venomous
['venəməs] or ['vɛnəməs]
Definition
(a.) Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous.
(a.) Having a poison gland or glands for the secretion of venom, as certain serpents and insects.
(a.) Noxious; mischievous; malignant; spiteful; as, a venomous progeny; a venomous writer.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Poisonous, noxious, baneful.[2]. Malignant, malicious, spiteful, mischievous.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Poisonous, malignant, virulent, slanderous
ANT:Wholesome, salubrious, genial, flattering, kindly
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Examples
- I said nothing in reply, but turned my face to the wall, sick at heart, with my mind filled with a thousand venomous doubts and suspicions. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He is made of venomous insults and affronts, from the crown of his head to the sole of his foot. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Little wicked venomous man! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The lady came in, cool, pale, and venomous as ever. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Emulation, that in its excess almost assumed the venomous properties of envy, gave a sting to these feelings. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I will go, cried the Greek, with venomous spitefulness; but I will return, with an army at my back, to ruin you and yours. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Her invectives against Dr. Bretton had something venomous in them. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I struck him down with no more compunction than if he had been some foul and venomous beast. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- My utmost expectation only goes so far as this--that they may render strikes not the bitter, venomous sources of hatred they have hitherto been. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He slunk away with a livid face and two venomous eyes which uttered more threats than his tongue could do. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was icy-cold, hair icy-cold, almost venomous. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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