venom
n.
poison secreted by an animal through a bite or a sting (i.e. snake's bite, sting of a spider); spite
Venom
Venom
venom
Noun
1. toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions)
(hypernym) animal toxin, zootoxin
(hyponym) kokoi venom
2. feeling a need to see others suffer
(synonym) malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness
(hypernym) malevolence, malignity
Venom
(n.)
To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.
(n.)
Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. Chaucer.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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