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Adjective: venomous  ve-nu-mus
  1. Extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
    "venomous snakes";
    - deadly, virulent
     
  2. Marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
    "venomous criticism"; "took venomous pleasure in...watching me wince";
    - poisonous, vicious, viperous, malicious

See also: beady-eyed, bitchy [informal], cattish, catty, despiteful, leering, malevolent, spiteful, toxic, venomed, vindictive, vixenish

Encyclopedia: Venomous