Venom

Definitions

1. 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.
   countable, uncountable
2. Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice; vitriol.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable

Equivalents

68 more languages

العربيةالسمّسم

Azərbaycan dilizəhər

Беларускаяатрута

Българскиотро́ва

বাংলাজহরবিষ

བོད་སྐད།སྦྲུལ་སོའི་དུག་ཆུ

Bosanskijadjednoćotrovračunverizeherзехерзлобајадотровухор+ 10 more

Catalàmalvolençaverí

Češtinajed

Cymraeggwenwyn

Danskgift

Ελληνικάδηλητήριοιόςφαρμάκι

Esperantoveneno

Eestimürk

Euskarapozoi

فارسیزهر

Suomiilkeyskatkeruusmyrkkypahansuopuus+ 1 more

Gaeilgeaicisnimh

Gàidhlignimhpuinnsean

Galegopezoiapezoñatósegoveleno+ 1 more

ગુજરાતીવિષ

עבריתארס

हिन्दीज़हरविष

Hrvatskijadjednoćotrovračunverizeherзехерзлобајадотровухор+ 10 more

Magyarméreg

Հայերենթույն

Bahasa Indonesiabisaracun

Italianoveleno

日本語毒毒液

ქართულიბოროტებასიბოროტეღვარძლიშხამი+ 1 more

Қазақ тілізаһарзәру

ភាសាខ្មែរពិស

ಕನ್ನಡವಿಷ

한국어독독액

Kurdîvenînzehîr

Кыргызчауу

Latinafelvenenumvirus

ລາວພິດ

Lietuviųnuodai

Latviešuinde

Македонскизлобајадотров

മലയാളംവിഷം

Монголхор

मराठीविष

Bahasa Melayubisa

မြန်မာအဆိပ်

Nederlandsgifvenijn

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਜ਼ਹਿਰ

Polskijadzłośliwość

Portuguêspeçonhaveneno

Românăfierevenin

Русскийзлобазлостьяд

Slovenčinajed

Slovenščinastrup

Shqiphelmvrer

Српскиjadjednoćotrovračunverizeherзехерзлобајадотровухор+ 10 more

Svenskaettergift

தமிழ்விஷம்

తెలుగువిషము

Тоҷикӣзаҳр

ไทยพิษ

Türkmençezäher

Tagalogkamandag

Türkçeağızehir

ئۇيغۇرچەزەھەر

Українськазлістьзло́ба́їдїдьотру́таотру́я+ 3 more

اردوزہر

Tiếng Việtnọcnócnọc độc

Examples

“[…] There may be in the cup / A spider steep’d, and one may drink⟳, depart, / And yet partake no venom, for his knowledge / Is not infected...”

“And from the Boughs brush off the evil dew, / And heal the harms of thwarting thunder blew, / Or what the cross dire-looking Planet smites, / Or hurtfull Worm with canker’d venom bites […]”

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

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

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

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

“[…] as I was feasting my jaundiced eye one morning with a certain newspaper, which I was in the habit of employing as the vehicle of my venom, I was startled at discovering myself conspicuously pointed out in an angry column as a cowardly defamer […]”

“My daughter […] has no occasion to dispute the identity of your person; the venom of your present⟳ language is sufficient to remind⟳ her that she speaks with the mortal enemy of her father.”

“History is a study⟳ which has none of the venom of reality in it.”

“The attack was so unwarranted and delivered with such venom that his unpreparedness for it left him speechless.”

“Some of these reviews were written in joyous zeal. Others with glee. Some in sorrow, some in anger, and a precious few with venom, of which I have⟳ a closely guarded supply⟳.”

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