envenom

[ en-ven-uhm ]

verb (used with object)

1. to impregnate with venom; make poisonous.
2. to embitter.

envenom

/ ɪnˈvɛnəm /

verb

1. to fill or impregnate with venom; make poisonous
2. to fill with bitterness or malice

Other Words From

• unen·venomed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of envenom¹

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

Example Sentences

It is for us, then, to nurse the antagonism already existent between the two, to envenom their mutual mistrust and reproaches.

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And which is still worse, the Mischief spreads dayly, and the Malignity grows more envenom'd.

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Passions it is, human passions, intermingling with the wrong itself that envenom the sense of wrong.

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To all the passions which usually envenom contests among countrymen, avarice was added, and rendered their enmity more rancorous.

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In short, people fear that this is a sign that England wants so to envenom the situation that war will become inevitable.

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