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
  • The threats to humankind’s empire are many: traitors driven by the fires of ambition, alien empires sworn to reclaim the stars and the corruption of reality by malevolent gods.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The 2017 film from director Nikolaj Arcel introduces audiences to Jake Chambers (Tom Taylor), a troubled teenager plagued by visions of a mysterious tower, a malevolent sorcerer and a lone gunslinger.
    Travis Bean, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of malevolent
Adjective
  • She’s also undergone 30 cryogenic lung ablations—a procedure in which a radiologist uses a needle-like probe to freeze malignant tumors off the lungs.
    Julia Ries, SELF, 4 Dec. 2024
  • While the diverse kinds of grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services or Energy Department loan programs may not immediately seem representative of the sub-regulatory decrees that irk industry, increasingly the malignant materiality and significance of grants deserve more attention.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of malignant
Adjective
  • The scammers were devious, said Tom Galvin, executive director of Digital Citizens Alliance.
    Bob Woods, CNBC, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Your solution is clever, if a bit devious and indirect.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of devious
Adjective
  • Four vulnerabilities in WebKit were fixed in iOS 18.2, allowing memory corruption if you were persuaded to interact with malicious web content.
    Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of malicious
Adjective
  • Biden has the historic opportunity to spare countless Americans from the fear of retaliation by a spiteful bully.
    Pierce O'Donnell, The Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Also, Philip Seymour Hoffman, whose memorably spiteful villain is an IMAX-sized testament to the late actor’s talent.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of spiteful
Adjective
  • Certainly, a highly virulent respiratory virus could have a major global impact.
    Dave Wessner, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Recently officials announced the disturbing news that bird flu has infected a pig in Oregon, a troubling development that health experts say could mean a more transmissible and virulent virus.
    Seema Policepatil, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of virulent
Adjective
  • The Center for Countering Digital Hate recently said that X failed to remove nearly 86% of 300 hateful posts a week after the organization reported them.
    Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Finally, there’s the late-to-the-party Johnny (Christopher Sears), a free-spirited recovering heroin addict who brings along his fellow 12-stepper Loren (Barbie Ferreira), the outsider and truth-teller whose appalled at the hateful religious vitriol spewed by Diana.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of hateful
Adjective
  • That was confirmed by his patron in Moscow, which supported the regime in crushing what started as a peaceful protest movement during the Arab Spring and became a vicious civil war that killed hundreds of thousands and sparked a refugee crisis.
    Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Its main proxy, Hezbollah, was crippled by a pager attack on its hierarchy, and then by weeks of vicious airstrikes.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of vicious
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snaked

snakelike

snake pit

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