Venom

Quick meaning: Venom is a noun meaning (figuratively) Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice; vitriol.

Meaning

(figuratively) Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice; vitriol.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, obsolete) To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.
2. An animal toxin intended for defensive or offensive use; a biological poison delivered by bite, sting, etc., to protect an animal or to kill its prey.
3. (obsolete) Poisonous, poisoned; (figuratively) pernicious.

Example Sentences

I will watch with the wiliness of a snake, that I may sting with its venom.

Venom evolved from saliva and it's used primarily for catching and digesting prey.

The serious artist […] [is] obsessed by his material; it’s like a venom working in his blood and the art is the antidote.

The venom of such looks, we fairly hope, / Have lost their quality, and that this day / Shall change all griefs and quarrels into love.

Word Forms

• venoms
• venoming
• venomed

Synonyms for venom

Depending on context, synonyms include venene, venin, atter, zootoxin, spite, malice.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, poison, bile.

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