snakelike

adjective

Definition of snakelikenext
as in malevolent

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snakelike
  1. malevolent
  2. malignant
  3. devious
  4. malicious
  5. spiteful
  6. virulent
  7. hateful
  8. vicious
Adjective
  • Compliance watch on netflix Creep Year: 2014 Runtime: 1h 17m Director: Patrick Brice Director Patrick Brice draws something fascinating and malevolent out of Mark Duplass in these very low budget horror indies.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Austria Holiday fiend Krampus may have already gained some notoriety in the U.S. thanks to pop-culture portrayals such as the eponymous 2015 cult holiday horror film, but the malevolent half-goat, half-man anti-Santa traces back to folklore from Austria’s Alpine region.
    Chad de Guzman, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of malevolent
Adjective
  • The decision, lauded by consumer advocacy groups, comes a full 25 years after scientists at the agency determined that rats fed large amounts of the artificial color additive were much more likely to develop malignant thyroid tumors than rats who weren’t given the food coloring.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Their mother, Noel Mickelson, died in 2016 from sepsis caused by bed sores, and a malignant tumor, according to Shannon Amos.
    Elizabeth Maline, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of malignant
Adjective
  • These problem children of devious sellers are known as Frankenwatches, and that’s exactly what got Omega and Phillips into hot water.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2025
  • That 2021 gloss on the queasy Death Wish power fantasy was brutish fun, thanks to Odenkirk’s devious performance and the full-contact action scenes.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of devious
Adjective
  • While conceding that standard phishing methods, those that typically require threat actors to craft malicious emails that are delivered to a wide audience, are relatively easy for email platforms to detect and block, that’s not the case with this phishless attack.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Alec Baldwin has filed a malicious prosecution lawsuit six months after an involuntary manslaughter charge against him, stemming from the 2021 Rust shooting, was dropped.
    Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of malicious
Adjective
  • Share [Findings] Unaffiliated voters are growing more spiteful toward both Democrats and Republicans.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The end of the JCPOA made a spiteful Iran even more aggressive.
    Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2023
Definition of spiteful
Adjective
  • This is objectively true, and even the most virulent Kyle stan cannot object.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The best-selling novel (and Apple TV+ series) Lessons in Chemistry recently dramatized the often virulent misogyny that existed in scientific settings; Joy looks at a subtler dynamic, in which the contributions that women played in scientific discovery was downplayed.
    Vogue, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of virulent
Adjective
  • There’s no legal argument to be made against this turn away from fact-checking and towards a more freewheeling, more disinformation-laden, more confusing, more hateful and less illuminating approach.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
  • With Zuckerberg’s decision to rescind policies barring hateful speech, he’s made clear that distinction is worth the possibility of political clout come Inauguration Day.
    Makena Kelly, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of hateful
Adjective
  • Several fast-growing wildfires fueled by a vicious Southern California wind storm are devastating communities across the Los Angeles region, with homes being burned to the ground and tens of thousands of people evacuating to safety.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
  • That’s when Evans, in a full sprint, blindsided Lattimore with a vicious hit in the back and knocked him to the ground.
    Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of vicious
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snaked

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