Thesaurus: venom

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1. n. Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging.
2. n. Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. Chaucer.
3. n. To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.
4. n. toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions)
5. n. feeling a need to see others suffer
6. 1. Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging. Or hurtful worm with cankered venom bites. Milton. 2. Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. Chaucer. "The venom of such looks." Shak. Syn. -- Venom; virus; bane. See Poison. To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. [R.] "Venomed vengeance." Shak.
7. To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. [R.] "Venomedvengeance." Shak.
8. n:100 n. toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions)