venomous

venomous
Synonyms and related words:
acerbic, acrid, acute, antagonistic, antipathetic, baleful, baneful, belligerent, bitter, catching, caustic, clashing, colliding, communicable, conflicting, contagious, corroding, corrosive, corrupting, corruptive, counterproductive, cutting, damaging, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, despiteful, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, disserviceable, distressing, drastic, embittered, envenomed, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fierce, full of hate, furious, great, harmful, hateful, hostile, hurtful, immoderate, infectious, infective, injurious, intemperate, intense, keen, lethal, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, mephitic, miasmal, miasmatic, miasmic, mischievous, noisome, noxious, ominous, outrageous, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilential, piercing, poison, poisonous, prejudicial, quarrelsome, rancorous, repugnant, rigorous, rough, savage, scatheful, set against, severe, sharp, sore, spiteful, splenetic, splitting, tough, toxic, toxicant, toxiferous, unconscionable, vehement, venenate, veneniferous, venenous, vicious, violent, viperish, viperlike, viperous, virulent, vitriolic

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  • Venomous — Ven om*ous, a. [OE. venemous, venimous, F. venimeux, L. venenosus, fr. venenum poison. See {Venom}, and cf. {Venenose}.] 1. Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.)… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • venomous — index bitter (penetrating), bitter (reproachful), caustic, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, fatal …   Law dictionary

  • venomous — late 13c., from Anglo Fr. venimeus, O.Fr. venimeux, from venim (see VENOM (Cf. venom)). Earliest recorded use is figurative; literal sense by early 14c. Related: Venomously; venomousness …   Etymology dictionary

  • venomous — *poisonous, virulent, toxic, mephitic, pestilent, pestilential, miasmic, miasmatic, miasmal Analogous words: malignant, malign, malevolent (see MALICIOUS): baleful, malefic, maleficent (see SINISTER): *pernicious, baneful, noxious, deleterious,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • venomous — [adj] poisonous; hateful accidentally on purpose*, antagonistic, baleful, baneful, catty*, cussed*, deadly, destructive, dirty, evil, hostile, lethal, malefic, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, mephitic, noxious, ornery*, rancorous …   New thesaurus

  • venomous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) secreting or capable of injecting venom. 2) very malicious, bitter, or aggressive. DERIVATIVES venomously adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • venomous — [ven′əməs] adj. [ME venimous < OFr venimeux] 1. containing or full of venom; poisonous 2. malignant; spiteful; malicious 3. Zool. having a poison gland or glands and able to inflict a poisonous wound by biting or stinging venomously adv.… …   English World dictionary

  • venomous — [[t]ve̱nəməs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe a person or their behaviour as venomous, you mean that they show great bitterness and anger towards someone. ...his terrifying and venomous Aunt Bridget... He heaped abuse on Waite and… …   English dictionary

  • venomous — venomously, adv. venomousness, venomness, n. /ven euh meuhs/, adj. 1. (of an animal) having a gland or glands for secreting venom; able to inflict a poisoned bite, sting, or wound: a venomous snake. 2. full of or containing venom; poisonous: a… …   Universalium

  • venomous — adjective Date: 14th century 1. full of venom: as a. poisonous, envenomed b. noxious, pernicious < expose a venomous dope ring Don Porter > c. spiteful, malevolent < venomous criticism > 2. having a venom producing gland and able …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • venomous — adjective /ˈvɛnəməs/ a) Full of venom. The villain tricked him into drinking the venomous concoction. b) Toxic; poisonous. His attitude toward me is utterly venomous. Syn: noxious, poisonous …   Wiktionary

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