Envenom (Verb)
Meaning 1
Cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more".
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
Examples
- Years of unemployment and financial struggle began to envenom his outlook on life, leaving him cynical and hopeless.
- The public's negative reaction to her actions began to envenom her relationships with her colleagues and close friends.
- His past experiences of betrayal by those he trusted had started to envenom his perception of people in general.
- Her divorce and the resulting custody battle began to envenom her feelings towards her ex-husband and his new family.
- The loss of her business and subsequent failure to receive the necessary support began to envenom her attitude towards the community that she once called home.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The villain envenomed the king's food in a plot to overthrow the monarch.
- Enemies of the kingdom secretly worked to envenom the supply of water for enemy troops.
- Poison experts carefully handled the deadly snakes known to envenom their victims.
- The infamous outlaw was accused of attempting to envenom her rival's food, nearly killing them.
- She recalled a scene from a horror movie where the wicked sorcerer would envenom his victim using a treacherous potion.