'Venom' definitions:
Definition of 'venom'
(from WordNet)
noun
Toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions)
noun
Definition of 'Venom'
From: GCIDE
- Venom \Ven"om\, v. t. [OE. venimen, OF. venimer, L. venenare. See Venom, n.] To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. [R.] "Venomed vengeance." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Venom'
From: GCIDE
- Venom \Ven"om\, n. [OE. venim, OF. venim, venin, F. venin, L. venenum. Cf. Venenate.]
- 1. Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by biting or stinging. [1913 Webster]
- Or hurtful worm with cankered venom bites. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. --Chaucer. "The venom of such looks." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Venom; virus; bane. See Poison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'venom'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abomination,
- acaricide,
- acrimony,
- acuteness,
- animality,
- animosity,
- animus,
- antagonism,
- anthelmintic,
- antibiotic,
- antiseptic,
- atrocity,
- bad,
- bad blood,
- bane,
- barbarity,
- befoulment,
- bitter feeling,
- bitterness,
- blight,
- bloodlust,
- brutality,
- bug bomb,
- carbamate insecticide,
- chemosterilant,
- chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide,
- communicability,
- contact poison,
- contagion,
- contagiousness,
- corruption,
- crying evil,
- damage,
- deadliness,
- defilement,
- defoliant,
- despoliation,
- destruction,
- destructiveness,
- detriment,
- disinfectant,
- eradicant,
- evil,
- extremity,
- ferociousness,
- feud,
- fierceness,
- force,
- fumigant,
- fungicide,
- furiousness,
- gall,
- germicide,
- grievance,
- hard feelings,
- harm,
- harshness,
- hate,
- hatred,
- havoc,
- herbicide,
- hostility,
- hurt,
- ill,
- ill blood,
- ill feeling,
- ill will,
- impetuosity,
- inclemency,
- infection,
- infectiousness,
- infectivity,
- inhumanity,
- injury,
- insect powder,
- insecticide,
- intensity,
- malevolence,
- malice,
- maliciousness,
- malignancy,
- malignity,
- mercilessness,
- microbicide,
- mindlessness,
- mischief,
- miticide,
- murderousness,
- noxiousness,
- organic chlorine,
- organic phosphate insecticide,
- outrage,
- pesticide,
- pitilessness,
- poison,
- poisonousness,
- pollution,
- rancor,
- rat poison,
- rigor,
- roach paste,
- roach powder,
- rodenticide,
- roughness,
- savagery,
- severity,
- sharpness,
- soreness,
- sourness,
- spite,
- spitefulness,
- spleen,
- stomach poison,
- systemic,
- systemic insecticide,
- terrorism,
- the worst,
- toxic,
- toxicant,
- toxicity,
- toxin,
- ungentleness,
- vandalism,
- vehemence,
- vendetta,
- venin,
- venomousness,
- vermicide,
- vexation,
- viciousness,
- violence,
- virulence,
- virulency,
- virus,
- vitriol,
- weed killer,
- woe,
- wrong