venomed

Examples

• All

• The article was filled with venomed insults aimed at the rival politician.

• His venomed behavior towards his former colleague made their meetings tense.

• "Pierced to the soul with slander's venomed spear."

  The Visit (2015)

• When in the action you are hot and dry and that he calls for drink, I'll have prepared him a chalice for the nonce, whereon but sipping, if he perchance escape your venomed point, our purpose may hold there.

  Hamlet (1948)

• Our mouths pricked with kisses, sharper than a serpent's bite, sharper than gnats' teeth, sharper than the venomed dart of a southern tribe.

  Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

V

vicious

vsvenomed

222 5.2

Deliberately cruel and likely to hurt someone

focuses on malicious intent in language or behavior rather than physical violence

C

cold-blooded

vsvenomed

• Offensive

54 6.1

Showing no pity and acting cruel on purpose

is driven by active malice and hate rather than simply emotional coldness

P

poisonous

vsvenomed

26 6.0

Full of strong hate and meant to hurt people's feelings

has identical meaning but differs only as an alternative word form

S

spiteful

vsvenomed

23 5.1

Wanting to hurt or upset someone on purpose

is a broader label for persistent malice and hateful intent

V

vitriolic

vsvenomed

• Offensive

10 9.3

Harsh, angry words that strongly hurt someone

covers general mean behavior beyond only scathing critical speech

S

scurrilous

vsvenomed

• Offensive

10 9.9

Saying rude and untrue things to hurt someone's reputation

is general malicious intent not limited to coarse abusive language

A

acrimonious

vsvenomed

9 8.4

Full of angry, bitter words in a speech or argument

applies to angry bitter exchanges rather than intentional personal malice

V

virulent

vsvenomed

7 8.4

Very harsh and full of hate in speech or writing

is malicious and hurtful but not necessarily as extremely harsh or hostile

V

venomous

vsvenomed

6 6.3

Showing strong hate and wanting to hurt someone

has identical meaning but differs only as an alternative word form

W

wrathful

vsvenomed

• Literature

4 7.3

Full of very strong anger that shows on the face or in actions

is intentionally malicious and hurtful rather than simply showing anger

V

venomous-tongued

vsvenomed

• Literature

9.4

Saying harsh, mean things that hurt people

is about malice in general rather than only sharp caustic speech

S

stinging

vsvenomed

6.3

Harsh or hurtful in a way that makes someone feel upset

is hurtful because of malice rather than primarily the sharpness of tone

B

biting

vsvenomed

5.4

Harsh, sharply critical words that hurt people

is about deliberate malice and hurt rather than only a caustic style

V

viperish

vsvenomed

• Literature

8.6

Being mean and trying to hurt people in a secret, sneaky way

is about open malice and hate rather than secret treachery

V

viperous

vsvenomed

• Literature

9.2

Being cruel and speaking sharp words like a poisonous snake

focuses on general malice without implying treachery or danger

W

waspy

vsvenomed

8.8

Quick to speak in a rude or angry way that hurts others

is strongly malicious or hateful rather than merely irritable or sharp tempered

Antonyms

K

kind

534 1.0

Being helpful and caring toward other people

B

benevolent

53 5.1

Willing to help other people and give them things they need

How Spiteful

hateful

116 3.6

venomed

9.5

malicious

89 5.8

spiteful

23 5.1

unkind

44 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology