What is the difference between spiteful and venomous?
spiteful | venomous |
Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious
Full of venom.
Toxic; poisonous.
Noxious; evil.
Malignant; spiteful; hateful.
Producing venom (poison usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging) in glands or accumulating venom from food.
powerful
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 10
, author=David Ornstein
, title=Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton
, work=BBC Sport
As adjectives the difference between spiteful and venomous
is that spiteful is filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious while venomous is full of venom.spiteful
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(Webster 1913)Alternative forms
* spightful (obsolete) * spightfull (obsolete) * spitefull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)External links
* *venomous
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Arsenal pressed forward again after half-time but other than a venomous Walcott shot that Howard repelled with a fine one-handed save, the hosts offered little cutting edge.}}