WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ven•om•ous /ˈvɛnəməs/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Anatomy(of an animal) having a gland or glands for giving off venom;
able to inflict a poisonous bite or sting. - full of or containing venom;
poisonous. - full of hatred, malice, or jealousy.
ven•om•ous
(ven′ə məs),USA pronunciation adj.
ven′om•ous•ly, adv.
ven′om•ous•ness, ven′om•ness, n.
- (of an animal) having a gland or glands for secreting venom;
able to inflict a poisoned bite, sting, or wound:a venomous snake. - full of or containing venom;
poisonous:a venomous wound; a venomous potion. - spiteful;
malignant:a venomous attack; a venomous tongue.
- Anglo-French venimus (Old French venimeux). See venom, -ous
- Middle English venim(o)us 1250–1300
ven′om•ous•ness, ven′om•ness, n.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged malicious, hostile, rancorous, ill-disposed.
'venomous' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Egyptian cobra
- Gila monster
- Indian cobra
- Russell's viper
- adder
- asp
- bandy-bandy
- baneful
- beaded lizard
- black widow
- blacksnake
- blue-ringed octopus
- boomslang
- brown recluse spider
- buprestid
- bushmaster
- cobra
- cockatrice
- copperhead
- coral snake
- cottonmouth
- death adder
- diamondback rattlesnake
- eastern diamondback rattlesnake
- fang
- fer-de-lance
- gaboon viper
- horned viper
- katipo
- king cobra
- krait
- lionfish
- lyre snake
- mamba
- massasauga
- mongoose
- night snake
- pit viper
- poisonous
- puff adder
- rattlesnake
- red-back spider
- red-bellied black snake
- redback
- ringhals
- rinkhals
- scorpion
- scorpion fish
- scorpionfish
- sea snake