malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom
(noun) feeling a need to see others suffer
venom
(noun) toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
venom (countable and uncountable, plural venoms)
A poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging.
(figuratively) Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice; vitriol.
• (poison carried by an animal): atter (archaic, dialectal)
venom (third-person singular simple present venoms, present participle venoming, simple past and past participle venomed)
(obsolete) To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.
venom (not comparable)
(obsolete) Poisonous, poisoned; (figuratively) pernicious.
Source: Wiktionary
Ven"om, n. Etym: [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. Etym: [OE. venimen, OF. venimer, L. venenare. See Venom, n.]
Definition: To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. [R.] "Venomed vengeance." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
