Venom - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Venom :  (noun)
1: toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions)
2: feeling a need to see others suffer [syn: malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Venom : \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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Venom : \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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Venom

TisMeSabrina: "Never wound what you cant kill" -Venom <3
ssjnaraku: @Sleepy_Abra maybe one day we'll see a bad ass Venom on the big screen.
alemarucci: @jsebba Eu não fui ao show do Venom. Curiosa, procurei informações hoje e não achei nada. Fosse um show das Tequileiras do Funk, dava capas.
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