What does envenomed mean?
Envenomed means Poisonous, noxious; embittered..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Poisonous, noxious; embittered..
[…] we do not believe that tradition itself, carried back to the earliest record, could come forth with an example more virulent in design, more dark in motive, more envenomed in prosecution, nor more incongruous in accusation, than the Charges and Impeachment of the late Governor General of Bengal.
His early school experiences in the house of the English clergyman at Wimbledon had disgusted him as a boy, and to the last he was very envenomed against the English clergy, whom he charged with express stultification of the people.
Imrédy had hardly entered high politics before he had accumulated a host of personal ill-wishers besides many envenomed political and financial opponents of his programme.
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Envenomed means Poisonous, noxious; embittered..
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[…] we do not believe that tradition itself, carried back to the earliest record, could come forth with an example more virulent in design, more dark in motive, more envenomed in prosecution, nor more incongruous in accusation, than the Charges and Impeachment of the late Governor General of Bengal.
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