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venomous adjective 1. malicious, vindictive, spiteful, hostile, savage, vicious, malignant, virulent, baleful, rancorous He made a venomous personal attack on his opponent. malicious loving, compassionate, benevolent, forgiving, harmless, affectionate, magnanimous Translations venomous [ˈvɛnəməs] adj [snake, spider] → venimeux/euse (fig) [person] → venimeux/euse, fielleux/euse; [attack] → venimeux/euse venomous adj (lit, fig) → giftig; tone also → gehässig; tongue also → scharf, böse; attack → scharf; sarcasm → beißend; hatred → vernichtend, tödlich; venomous snake → Giftschlange f venomous [ˈvɛnəməs] adj (also) (fig) → velenoso/a venomous [ˈvɛnəməs] adj (also) (fig) → velenoso/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| But if it be stopped, and cannot have his way, it becometh adust, and thereby malign and venomous. It came into my mind when I began to chew it that perhaps it might be that venomous herb against which no antidote had yet been found, but persuading myself afterwards that my fears were merely chimerical, I continued to chew it, till a man accidentally meeting me, and seeing me with a handful of it, cried out to me that I was poisoned; I had happily not swallowed any of it, and throwing out what I had in my mouth, I returned God thanks for this instance of his protection. She moved towards him with her hands extended, and had just seized him when the catch of the locked box--due to some movement from within-- flew open, and the king-cobra-killer flew at her with a venomous fury impossible to describe. |
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