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adjective

Definition of envenomednext
as in poisonous
containing or contaminated with a substance capable of injuring or killing a living thing the envenomed spines of these tropical fishes make them a particular hazard of coral reefs

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envenomed

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verb

past tense of envenom
as in angered
to implant bitter feelings in thoughtless, self-indulgent antics that only managed to envenom his teammates

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for envenomed
  1. poisonous
  2. angered
  3. enraged
  4. poison
  5. venomous
  6. antagonized
Adjective
  • New Zealand stone flies are evolving away from mimicking poisonous insects because deforestation has left them nothing to mimic.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The bacteria survived, protected and fed by the fungus — and the fungus scored a poisonous partner.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of poisonous
Verb
  • The sequence of events clearly angered Bain.
    Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The move angered fans, and a scandal over offensive remarks Richards had made on a podcast led him to quit before his episodes aired.
    Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of angered
Verb
  • The newspaper includes the story of how Brando was enraged to discover his voice had been dubbed by an Italian actor for the local version.
    Caroline Frost, Deadline, 5 Jan. 2025
  • But conservatives said they were enraged by the legislation.
    Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of enraged
Adjective
  • Behavior and reproduction Most frogs are nocturnal, but not poison frogs.
    National Geographic, National Geographic, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Some farmers even intentionally poison cranes to stop them from foraging in their crops.
    National Geographic, National Geographic, 10 Feb. 2020
Definition of poison
Adjective
  • Giving 11 venomous snakes a chance to escape inside your office sounds risky, but one of the nation’s top rattlesnake experts did just that to prove a point.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Why This Matters According to the CDC, between 7,000 and 8,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes in the United States every year; deaths caused by snakebites are rare, and will occur in at least five of those cases.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of venomous
Verb
  • Everything the rivals were doing antagonized one another.
    Barry Levitt, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Our investment is fostered especially through Pansy’s scenes with her younger sister, Chantelle, the only person neither scared off nor antagonized by her spikiness.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of antagonized
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