venomous

1. (archaic) Consisting of, or containing or full of, venom or some other poison; hence, harmful to health due to this.Examples: "The villain tricked him into drinking the venomous concoction."; "[Edward I of England was] by a certaine Moore vvounded vvith an envenomed ſvvord, and by all the remedies that Phiſitians could deviſe vvas not ſo much eaſed as afflicted: […] ſhe [Eleanor of Castile] day by day licked vvith her tongue, and ſucked out the venemous humor vvhich to her vvas a moſt ſvveet liquor. By the vigour and ſtrength vvhereof, or to ſay more truely, by vertue of a vvives louely fidelity ſhe ſo drevv unto her all the ſubſtance of the poiſon, that the vvounds being cloſed, and cicatrixed, hee became perfectly healed, & ſhe caught no harme at all."; "But of men condemned to perpetuall oblivion I may ſeeme to haue ſaid over much, although it concerneth poſterity alſo for a Caveat, that vvicked generations be notified, as vvel as noyſome vveeds, and venemous plants."archaic

2. (figurative)Examples: "Arsenal pressed forward again after half-time but other than a venomous [Theo] Walcott shot that [Tim] Howard repelled with a fine one-handed save, the hosts offered little cutting edge."; "Palace's number nine passed into [Eberechi] Eze, who let the ball roll across to him to fool Leander Dendoncker before he unleashed a venomous strike past Rui Patricio from 16 yards."figuratively

3. (figurative)Examples: "His attitude toward me is utterly venomous."; "More venemous and much more virulent / Then any poyſoned tode, or any ſerpent."; "Some diuell vvhiſper curſes in my eare, / And prompt me that my tongue may vtter forth, / The venemous mallice of my ſvvelling hart."Synonyms: embittered, envenomed, poisonous, rancorous, toxic, virulentfiguratively

4. (obsolete)obsolete

5. (obsolete)Examples: "[…] I vvill at large proue, that ther is nothinge in loue more venemous then méeting, vvhich filleth the minde with griefe, and the body vvith diſeaſes: […]"; "Thy teares are ſalter than a yonger mans, / And venomous to thine eyes."; "[…] King VVilliam the firſt built a faire Abbay in memorie of Saint German, vvho happily confuted that venemous Pelagian hæreſie, vvhich often times (as the ſerpent Hydra) grevv to an head againe in Britaine."figurativelyobsolete