Heinous vs Venom - What's the difference?
heinous | venom |
Totally reprehensible.
A poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; atter.
* Milton
(figuratively) Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice.
* Shakespeare
To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.
poison, venom
As an adjective heinous
is totally reprehensible.As a noun venom is
a poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; atter.As a verb venom is
to infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.heinous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I hope they catch the person responsible for that heinous crime.
- The perpetrators of this heinous act must be brought to justice.
- The government denounced the attack as the most heinous of the last decade.
- Political Leaders from around the world have condemned these heinous acts.
- In our public services sorry seems to be the most heinous word.
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "heinous" is often applied: crime, act, sin, murder, offence.Synonyms
* (totally reprehensible) abominable, horrible, odiousvenom
English
Noun
(wikipedia venom) (en noun)- Hurtful worm with cankered venom bites.
- the venom of such looks
Derived terms
* nonvenomous * venomousVerb
(en verb)- Venomed vengeance. — Shakespeare.