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venomous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of venomous

containing or contaminated with a substance capable of injuring or killing a living thing

a venomous arrow

Synonyms of venomous

envenomed, poison, poisoned, poisonous, toxic

Words Related to venomous

contagious, infectious, infective, pathogenic, pestilent, pestilential

baneful, deleterious, harmful, hurtful, injurious, malignant, nocuous, noxious, virulent

unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome

calamitous, deadly, fatal, fell, lethal, murderous

Near Antonyms of venomous

beneficial, curative, healthful, healthy, helpful, palliative, remedial, salubrious, salutary, wholesome

benign, harmless, innocuous, inoffensive

nonfatal, nonlethal

Antonyms of venomous

nonpoisonous, nontoxic, nonvenomous

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