envenom

American  

[en-ven-uhm] / ɛnˈvɛn əm /

verb (used with object)

1. to impregnate with venom; make poisonous.

2. to embitter.

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envenom British  

/ ɪnˈvɛnəm /

verb

1. to fill or impregnate with venom; make poisonous

2. to fill with bitterness or malice

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Other Word Forms

• unenvenomed adjective

Etymology

Origin of envenom

1250–1300; Middle English envenimen < Old French envenimer. See en- ¹, venom

Example Sentences

Still, an ascent by Ben-Gvir, a West Bank settler, to a ministerial role would further envenom Israel's standoff with the Palestinians and strain its internal Jewish-Arab ties.

From Reuters • Oct. 18, 2022

Ahead as well lay the uncertain prospect of American casualties -- losses that could further envenom what was already a passionate post-cold war debate.

From Time Magazine Archive

M. Louis Blanc has distilled the bile of journalism; he has paused over the hasty sarcasm which political animosity deals forth, not to correct, or moderate, or abate, but merely to point and envenom it.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various

Why not suppose it was a vile calumny by which some enemy tried to envenom his existence?

From The Grandee by Palacio Valdés, Armando

I doubt if there is a woman in the world who knows how better to cut the heart with a gesture, envenom the soul, and fill it with mad anger by a glance.

From The Joy of Captain Ribot by Palacio Vald?s, Armando