Definitions for: Venom


[n] feeling a need to see others suffer
[n] toxin secreted by animals (by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions))



Webster (1913) Definition: Ven"om, n. [OE. venim, OF. venim, F. venin, L. veneum.
Cf. Venenate.]
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.


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.

Synonyms: malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness

See Also: animal toxin, kokoi venom, malevolence, malignity, snake venom, zootoxin

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