| Main Entry: | venom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | poison; hating |
Synonyms: |
acidity, acrimony, anger, bane, bitterness, contagion, gall, grudge, hate, hatred, ill will, infection, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignity, rancor, spite, spitefulness, spleen, taint, toxin, virulence, virus |
| Main Entry: | bad blood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bitterness of feeling |
Synonyms: |
acrimony, anger, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, bad chemistry, bad feeling, bad vibes, bad will, bitterness, disaccord, dislike, distrust, enmity, hard feelings, hatred, hostility, ill will, ill-disposedness, malevolence, malice, mutual hostility, nastiness, odium, oppugnancy, oppugnation, personality conflict, rancor, resentment, unfriendliness, venom |
| Main Entry: | bane |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cause of misery |
Synonyms: |
affliction, blight, burden, bête noir, calamity, curse, despair, destruction, disaster, downfall, fatal attraction, misery, nuisance, pest, plague, poison, ruin, ruination, scourge, torment, trial, trouble, undoing, venom, woe |
Antonyms: |
advantage, blessing, fortune, good luck |
| Main Entry: | bitterness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agony |
Synonyms: |
acrimoniousness, anguish, asperity, distress, grievousness, harshness, hostility, mordancy, pain, painfulness, sarcasm, venom, virulence |
Antonyms: |
contentment, geniality, happiness, sweetness |
| Main Entry: | contagion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | infection |
Synonyms: |
bane, contamination, corruption, illness, miasma, pestilence, plague, poison, pollution, taint, transmission, venom, virus |
| Main Entry: | cruelty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brutality, harshness |
Synonyms: |
animality, barbarism, barbarity, bestiality, bloodthirstiness, brutishness, callousness, coarseness, coldness, depravity, despotism, ferocity, fiendishness, fierceness, hard-heartedness, heartlessness, inhumanity, insensibility, insensitiveness, malice, malignity, masochism, mercilessness, murderousness, persecution, rancor, ruthlessness, sadism, savageness, savagery, severity, spite, spitefulness, torture, truculence, unfeelingness, unkindness, venom, viciousness, wickedness |
Antonyms: |
charity, compassion, consideration, feeling, gentility, kindness, mercy, niceness, thoughtfulness |
| Main Entry: | embitter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, alienate |
Synonyms: |
acerbate, acidulate, aggravate, anger, annoy, bitter, bother, disaffect, disillusion, envenom, exacerbate, exasperate, irritate, make bitter, make resentful, poison, sour, venom, worsen |
Antonyms: |
calm, comfort, make happy, pacify |
| Main Entry: | enmity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hatred, animosity |
Synonyms: |
acrimony, alienation, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bad blood, bitterness, daggers, detestation, dislike, hate, hostility, ill will, loathing, malevolence, malice, malignancy, malignity, rancor, spite, spleen, uncordiality, unfriendliness, venom |
Antonyms: |
affinity, fellowship, friendship, good will, kindness, love |
| Main Entry: | gall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nerve, brashness |
Synonyms: |
acrimony, animosity, arrogance, bitterness, brass, brazenness, cheek, chutzpah*, conceit, confidence, crust cynicism, effrontery, guts*, haughtiness, hostility, impertinence, impudence, insolence, malevolence, malice, overbearance, pomposity, presumption, rancor, sauciness, self-importance, spite, venom |
Antonyms: |
modesty, reservations, shyness |
| Main Entry: | grudge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard feelings |
Synonyms: |
animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, bad blood, bitterness, bone to pick, dislike, enmity, grievance, hate, hatred, ill will, injury, injustice, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, peeve, pet peeve, pique, rancor, resentment, spite, spitefulness, spleen, venom |
Antonyms: |
favor, forgiveness, good will |