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Meaning of Venom | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

ˈvɛnəm

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية السمّ سم

Azərbaycanca zəhər

Беларуская атрута

Български отро́ва

বাংলা জহর বিষ

བོད་སྐད སྦྲུལ་སོའི་དུག་ཆུ

Bosanski jad jed noć otrov veri zeher зехер злоба јад отров хор

Català malvolença verí

Čeština jed

Cymraeg gwenwyn

Dansk gift

Deutsch Galle Gift Giftigkeit

Ελληνικά δηλητήριο ιός φαρμάκι

Esperanto veneno

Español malicia tósigo veneno

Eesti mürk

Euskara pozoi

فارسی زهر

Suomi ilkeys katkeruus myrkky pahansuopuus

Français venin

Gaeilge aicis nimh

Gàidhlig nimh puinnsean

Galego pezoia pezoña veleno

ગુજરાતી વિષ

עברית ארס

हिन्दी ज़हर विष

Hrvatski jad jed noć otrov veri zeher зехер злоба јад отров хор

Magyar méreg

Հայերեն թույն

Bahasa Indonesia bisa racun

Italiano veleno

日本語毒毒液

ქართული ბოროტება სიბოროტე ღვარძლი შხამი

Қазақша заһар зәр у

ខ្មែរ ពិស

ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಷ

한국어 독 독액

Kurdî venîn venîn zehîr

Кыргызча уу

ລາວ ພິດ

Lietuvių nuodai

Latviešu inde

Македонски злоба јад отров

മലയാളം വിഷം

Монгол хор

मराठी विष

Bahasa Melayu bisa

မြန်မာဘာသာ အဆိပ်

Nederlands gif venijn

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਜ਼ਹਿਰ

Polski jad złośliwość

Português peçonha veneno

Română fiere venin

Русский злоба злость яд

Slovenčina jed

Slovenščina strup

Shqip helm vrer

Српски jad jed noć otrov veri zeher зехер злоба јад отров хор

Svenska etter gift

தமிழ் விஷம்

తెలుగు విషము

Тоҷикӣ заҳр

ไทย พิษ

Türkmençe zäher

Tagalog kamandag

Türkçe ağı zehir

ئۇيغۇرچە زەھەر

Українська злість зло́ба́ їд їдь отру́та отру́я

اردو زہر

Tiếng Việt nọc nóc nọc 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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