venomousness

ven·om·ous (v

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adj.

a. Secreting and transmitting venom: a venomous snake.

b. Full of or containing venom.

2. Malicious; spiteful: a venomous remark. See Synonyms at poisonous.

venom·ous·ly adv.

venom·ous·ness n.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Adj.	1.	venomous - extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" virulent, deadly toxic - of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison; "suffering from exposure to toxic substances"
	2.	venomous - marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip" poisonous, vicious malicious - having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling

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

2. poisonous, poison, toxic, virulent, noxious, baneful (archaic), envenomed, mephitic The adder is Britain's only venomous snake.
poisonous harmless, nontoxic, nonpoisonous, nonvenomous

Translations

venomous [ˈvenəməs] ADJ (lit) → venenoso (fig) [look] → maligno; [tongue] → viperino

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

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Acanthophis antarcticus
Australian coral snake
beaded lizard
black widow
cerastes
Cerastes cornutus
cobra
copperhead
coral snake
death adder
elapid
elapid snake
family Helodermatidae
fer-de-lance
genus Latrodectus
Gila monster
Heloderma horridum
Heloderma suspectum
Helodermatidae

A wise and beautifully written novel, pitch perfect in its description of high-stakes political intrigue and individual redemption, Fellow Travelers dispels the illusion of a golden age of political bipartisanship and distils the venomousness and vindictiveness that poison the body politic in every era.

Lavender hill mob by Quinn, Peter / Commonweal

She won the race, and the campaign won national attention because of the venomousness of the ads the competitors exchanged.

The playmakers: inside the consultant versus consultant game by Barnett, Pamela / Campaigns & Elections

It makes for enjoyably sadistic reading throughout, but even in passages of especially inspired venomousness, one's pleasure is always qualified by the knowledge that almost everything said against the composer's work was the product of envy, ignorance, or reactionary reflex.

Just exquisite?: the art of Richard Tuttle by Storr, Robert / Artforum International

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