Synonyms for venomous
ˈvɛn ə məsven·omous

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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

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1. venomous

   Synonyms:
   poisonous, malignant, virulent, slanderous

   Antonyms:
   wholesome, salubrious, genial, flattering, kindly

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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

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1. venomousadjective

   Synonyms:
   poisonous, noxious, baneful

2. venomousadjective

   Synonyms:
   malignant, malicious, spiteful, mischievous

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1. List of paraphrases for "venomous":

   poisonous

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How to use venomous in a sentence?

1. Seth Norrholm:

   Back in our ancestral age ... young children learned not to pick up snakes and spiders because they're venomous.

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. Kenneth Angielczyk:

   Euchambersia has very distinct, large pits on the side of its face that connect to grooves on the canine teeth via a groove above the tooth row, this combination of features in Euchambersia has been used to hypothesize that it may have been venomous, although again we can't be completely certain of this. The groove in Ichibengops shows some similarities to that in Euchambersia, and because they are fairly closely related, we suggested that something similar may have been going on in Ichibengops.

4. Geoff Porter:

   More often than not, when the head of the snake is cut off, a more venomous one grows in its place, that is certainly a possibility here –- and there are no shortage of aspiring jihadis who are likely eager to pick up Belmokhtar's mantle.

5. Yoram Schweitzer:

   Egypt sees Hamas as part of the Muslim Brotherhood which they see as their venomous enemy, they see Hamas playing a significant role in the hardship Egypt is enduring from the Sinai and they know that Hamas enables people from these organizations to find refuge in Gaza. They see Hamas as somebody who needs to be removed from power.