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envenom vt. 下毒,使恶毒,毒化 下毒,使恶毒,毒化 envenom v 1: cause to be bitter or resentful; " These injustices embittered her even more" [ synonym: { embitter}, { envenom}, { acerbate}] 2: add poison to; " Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her" [ synonym: { poison}, { envenom}] Envenom \ En* ven" om\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Envenomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Envenoming}.] [ OE. envenimen, F. envenimer; pref. en- ( L. in) F. venin poison. See { Venom}.] 1. To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as, envenomed meat, wine, or arrow; also, to poison ( a person) by impregnating with venom. [ 1913 Webster] Alcides . . . felt the envenomed robe. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] O, what a world is this, when what is comely Envenoms him that bears it! -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To taint or impregnate with bitterness, malice, or hatred; to imbue as with venom; to imbitter. [ 1913 Webster] The envenomed tongue of calumny. -- Smollett. [ 1913 Webster] On the question of slavery opinion has of late years been peculiarly envenomed. -- Sir G. C. Lewis. [ 1913 Webster] 70 Moby Thesaurus words for " envenom": abuse, acerbate, afflict, aggravate, aggrieve, alienate, antagonize, befoul, bewitch, bitter, blight, condemn, corrupt, crucify, curse, damage, defile, deprave, despoil, destroy, disadvantage, disserve, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, embitter, empoison, estrange, exacerbate, get into trouble, harass, harm, heat up, hex, hurt, impair, infect, infuriate, injure, jinx, madden, maltreat, menace, mistreat, molest, outrage, persecute, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, prejudice, provoke, savage, scathe, set against, set at odds, sour, taint, threaten, torment, torture, violate, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong
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