venomous

English

Alternative forms

venemous (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English venymous, venemous, from Old French venimos, from venin. Cf. Latin venēnōsus. Equivalent to venom +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɛnəməs/
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Adjective

venomous (comparative more venomous, superlative most venomous)

Full of venom.
The villain tricked him into drinking the venomous concoction.
Toxic; poisonous.
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
  More venemous and much more virulent
  Then any poyſoned tode, or any ſerpent.
Noxious; evil.
Malignant; spiteful; hateful.
His attitude toward me is utterly venomous.
Producing venom (a toxin usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging) in glands or accumulating venom from food.
Do venomous spiders have glands?
Powerful
- 2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport‎:
  Arsenal pressed forward again after half-time but other than a venomous Walcott shot that Howard repelled with a fine one-handed save, the hosts offered little cutting edge.

Usage notes

See poisonous#Usage notes.

Synonyms

noxious
poisonous
toxic

Antonyms

non-venomous

Translations

pertaining to or denoting an animal capable of producing a poisonous chemical

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Asturian: venenosu
Azerbaijani: zəhərli (az)
Belarusian: ядаві́ты (jadavíty), атру́тны (atrútny)
Bulgarian: отро́вен (bg) (otróven)
Catalan: verinós (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 有毒的 (zh) (yǒudú de)
Czech: jedovatý (cs)
Danish: giftig (da)
Dutch: venijnig (nl)
Finnish: myrkyllinen (fi)
French: vénéneux (fr), venimeux (fr)
Friulian: velenôs
Georgian: შხამიანი (šxamiani), გესლიანი (gesliani)
German: giftig (de)
Greek: ιοβόλος (el) (iovólos), δηλητηριώδης (el) (dilitiriódis)
Ancient: ἰοβόλος (iobólos)
Italian: velenoso (it)
Japanese: 毒を含んだ (どくをふくんだ, doku o fukunda)
Kazakh: улы (kk) (uly)
Macedonian: отровен (otroven)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: giftig (no)
Nynorsk: giftig (nn)
Occitan: verinós (oc)
Polish: jadowity (pl)
Portuguese: peçonhento (pt), venenoso (pt)
Punjabi: ਜ਼ਹਿਰੀਲਾ (zahirīlā)
Romanian: veninos (ro)
Russian: ядови́тый (ru) (jadovítyj)
Scottish Gaelic: puinnseanta
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̀тро̄ван
Roman: òtrōvan (sh)
Sicilian: vilinusu
Slovak: jedovatý (sk)
Slovene: strupen (sl)
Spanish: venenoso (es)
Swedish: giftig (sv)
Ukrainian: отру́йний (otrújnyj)
Venetian: vełenoxo

pertaining to or containing venom

Bulgarian: отро́вен (bg) (otróven)
Catalan: verinós (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 有毒的 (zh) (yǒudú de)
Czech: jedovatý (cs)
Danish: giftig (da)
Finnish: myrkyllinen (fi)
French: venimeux (fr)
Galician: velenoso, pezoñento
Georgian: შხამიანი (šxamiani), გესლიანი (gesliani)
German: giftig (de)
Greek: δηλητηριώδης (el) (dilitiriódis)
Italian: velenoso (it)
Macedonian: отровен (otroven)
Old English: ǣtriġ
Polish: jadowity (pl), trujący (pl)
Portuguese: peçonhento (pt)
Russian: ядови́тый (ru) (jadovítyj)
Scottish Gaelic: puinnseanta
Slovene: zastrupljen
Spanish: venenoso (es)
Swedish: giftig (sv)

malignant; spiteful; hateful

Bulgarian: злъ́чен (bg) (zlǎ́čen), зло́бен (bg) (zlóben)
Catalan: verinós (ca)
Danish: giftig (da)
Finnish: myrkyllinen (fi) (figuratively), katkera (fi), häijy (fi)
French: malveillant (fr)
Georgian: გესლიანი (gesliani)
Greek: ιοβόλος (el) (iovólos)
Irish: aiciseach
Macedonian: отровен (otroven)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: giftig (no)
Nynorsk: giftig (nn)
Portuguese: peçonhento (pt)
Russian: зло́бный (ru) (zlóbnyj), злой (ru) (zloj)
Slovene: strupeno n
Spanish: maléfico

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} giftig (nl), ^{(please verify)} venijnig (nl)
French: ^{(please verify)} vénéneux (fr)
German: ^{(please verify)} giftig (de)

References

“venomous”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
venomous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
venomous at OneLook Dictionary Search