Synonyms for venom
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Malice
malice, maliciousness, ill-will, bad blood, rancor US, rancour UK, hate, bitterness, malignity, malevolence, spite, virulence, gall, grudge, acrimony, spitefulness, rankling, animosity, spleen
2. Venin — an animal toxin intended for defensive or offensive use; a biological poison delivered by bite, sting, etc.…
Definitions
- n. 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.
Venom evolved from saliva and it's used primarily for catching and digesting prey.
- n. 2
Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice; vitriol.
Related words
- Word family
- venomize venomless venomosity venomous venomously venomousness
- Phrases
- spit venom
- Is a kind of
- toxin poison toxicant
Forms
- Plural
- venoms → malices, maliciousnesses, rancors, hates…
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Venom is something discharged from animals and received by means of a wound, as by the bite or sting of serpents, scorpions, etc. Hence, venom specifically implies some malignity of nature or purpose.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- malice He jostled me unintentionally, not out of malice.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| venom | steady | |
| malice | steady | |
| maliciousness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hate1, gall1, bane1
- 5 letters
- virus2, spite1, atter, venin
- 6 letters
- poison2, malice2, grudge1, spleen1, rancor2, venene
- 7 letters
- rancour
- 8 letters
- acrimony4, rankling2, zootoxin
- 9 letters
- animosity5, virulence3, malignity
- 10 letters
- bitterness3
- 11 letters
- malevolence
- 12 letters
- spitefulness
- 13 letters
- maliciousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (virus2 = 2 syllables).