venomous
Secreting harmful toxins
Venomous describes creatures that inject toxic substances through bites or stings: venomous snakes, venomous spiders.
The word extends to anything poison-producing or harmful.
Figuratively, venomous describes speech or behavior full of malice: a venomous attack, venomous remarks.
She shot him a venomous look.
Limbless scaled reptile
- viperFanged toxic serpent
- cobraHooded venomous serpent
- serpentCunning, limbless reptile
- rattlesnakeViper with segmented tail noisemaker
mamba · adder · asp · fangs · bite · slither · scales · herpetology
Meaning to do harm
- vindictiveSeeking harm from resentment
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- malevolentHarboring ill will
- nastyDeeply unpleasant or spiteful
cruel · vicious · hateful · resentful · baleful · malignant · bitter · antagonistic
Able to cause expiration
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- fatalCausing death or ruin
- dangerousApt to cause harm
- toxicCapable of causing harm
poisonous · virulent · noxious · harmful · perilous · mortal · life-threatening · predator
Stinging arachnid with pincers
- spiderWeb-spinning arachnid
- black widowLethal spider species
- jellyfishDrifting marine stinger
- stingrayFlat fish, poisonous tail
centipede · cone snail · platypus · box jellyfish · stonefish · blue-ringed octopus · lionfish · brown recluse
Harmful ingested substance
- neurotoxinPoison attacking neural tissue
- hemotoxinSubstance destroying blood cells
- cytotoxinAgent destroying cells
- toxinBiological-origin harm agent
sting · inject · glands · secretion · potency · cardiotoxin · antivenin · toxicology
snake
Limbless scaled reptile
rattlesnake · mamba · adder · asp · fangs · bite · slither · scales · herpetology · cold-blooded
malicious
Meaning to do harm
- vindictiveSeeking harm from resentment
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- malevolentHarboring ill will
nasty · cruel · vicious · hateful · resentful · baleful · malignant · bitter · antagonistic · acrimonious
deadly
Able to cause expiration
toxic · poisonous · virulent · noxious · harmful · perilous · mortal · life-threatening · predator · threat
scorpion
Stinging arachnid with pincers
- spiderWeb-spinning arachnid
- black widowLethal spider species
- jellyfishDrifting marine stinger
stingray · centipede · cone snail · platypus · box jellyfish · stonefish · blue-ringed octopus · lionfish · brown recluse · tarantula
poison
Harmful ingested substance
- neurotoxinPoison attacking neural tissue
- hemotoxinSubstance destroying blood cells
- cytotoxinAgent destroying cells
toxin · sting · inject · glands · secretion · potency · cardiotoxin · antivenin · toxicology · serum
vitriolic
Harshly bitter and corrosive
- scathingSeverely and bitingly critical
- causticChemically burning; bitterly mocking
- bitingHarshly critical or cold
acerbic · sharp · harsh · cutting · barbed · stinging · acrimonious · sardonic · sarcastic · acid-tongued
- reptile traitsscaly, cold-blooded, slithering, forked tongue, shedding skin
- biology termscell, DNA, genetics, genetic, evolution
- hatredhate, hateful, abhor, abhorrence, detest
- negative tonesangry, bitter, cynical, hostile, resentful
- harshbiting, bitter, brutal, caustic, cruel
- meanmean, cruel, unkind, nasty, hurtful
venomousnonvenomous
Producing no poison
harmless · non-venomous · nonpoisonous · nontoxic · innocuous
venomouskind
Type or caring
loving · benevolent · compassionate · affectionate · magnanimous
- venomous snakeSerpent with toxic bite
- venomous animalsCreatures producing injected toxins
- venomous bitePuncture delivering poison
- venomous fangsToxin-delivering teeth
- mildly venomous
- venomous creaturesAnimals delivering poison through bites