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Synonyms for venomous
ˈvɛn ə məsven·omous

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Wiktionary4.0 / 1 vote

  1. venomousadjective

    Synonyms:
    poisonous, toxic, noxious

    Antonyms:
    non-venomous

  2. venomousadjective

    Full of venom.

    The villain tricked him into drinking the venomous concoction.

    Synonyms:
    poisonous, toxic, noxious

    Antonyms:
    non-venomous

  3. venomousadjective

    Toxic; poisonous.

    Synonyms:
    poisonous, noxious, toxic

    Antonyms:
    non-venomous

  4. venomousadjective

    Noxious; evil.

    Synonyms:
    poisonous, toxic, noxious

    Antonyms:
    non-venomous

  5. venomousadjective

    Malignant; spiteful; hateful.

    His attitude toward me is utterly venomous.

    Synonyms:
    poisonous, noxious, toxic

    Antonyms:
    non-venomous

  6. venomousadjective

    Producing venom (poison usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging) in glands or accumulating venom from food.

    Do venomous spiders have glands?

    Synonyms:
    poisonous, toxic, noxious

    Antonyms:
    non-venomous

  7. venomousadjective

    powerful

    Synonyms:
    noxious, poisonous, toxic

    Antonyms:
    non-venomous

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. venomous

    Synonyms:
    poisonous, malignant, virulent, slanderous

    Antonyms:
    wholesome, salubrious, genial, flattering, kindly

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. deadly, venomous, virulentadjective

    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom

    "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"

    Synonyms:
    virulent, blistering, pestilent, mortal(a), pernicious, sulfurous, mortal, baneful, acerbic, sulphurous, caustic, deathly, lethal, acrid, poisonous, vicious, deadly, acid, vitriolic, bitter, acerb

    Antonyms:
    unmalicious, atoxic, nontoxic

  2. poisonous, venomous, viciousadjective

    marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful

    "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"

    Synonyms:
    virulent, toxicant, deplorable, savage, barbarous, reprehensible, fell, criminal, condemnable, roughshod, cruel, poisonous, evil, vicious, deadly, brutal

    Antonyms:
    nontoxic, atoxic, unmalicious

Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 1 vote

  1. venomousadjective

    Synonyms:
    poisonous, noxious, baneful

  2. venomousadjective

    Synonyms:
    malignant, malicious, spiteful, mischievous

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "venomous":

    poisonous

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How to use venomous in a sentence?

  1. Anthony Solomon:

    They faced tribal warfare and rogue villagers in Papua New Guinea who spread a rumor that the teams were vampires, they worked in Ethiopia's Afar region, one of the most hostile territories in the world in which to conduct community-based research, amid sandstorms, temperatures of 50 degrees Celsius and deadly venomous spiders.

  2. William Shakespeare:

    Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head.

  3. Elliot Budd:

    It just comes down to the fact that it's really dry right now and they're looking for water and it is mating season right now, they are using a lot more energy than they normally would so they need more water. They're non-venomous these snakes. They aren't considered dangerous. They're not something to fear but it's best if you come across them to leave them alone.

  4. Greg Neely:

    We studied the biggest, most venomous and scary one, our drug works on the big beast. We don't know yet if it works on other jellyfish, but we know it works on the most-deadly one.

  5. Robert Klepper:

    Public safety is the number one concern, we wanted to emphasize that this is a venomous snake and a dangerous animal and should not be approached.


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