All 4 Uses of
venom
in
The Idiot
- Seeing Gania, he smiled venomously and muttered to himself, "Look at that!"†
Chpt 1.15
- There's a venomous hint for you, if you like!†
Chpt 3.3 *
- I was dreadfully afraid it would sting me; somebody had told me, I thought, that it was venomous; but what tormented me most of all was the wondering and wondering as to who had sent it into my room, and what was the mystery which I felt it contained.†
Chpt 3.5
- But believe me, believe me, my simple-hearted friends, that in this highly moral verse, in this academical blessing to the world in general in the French language, is hidden the intensest gall and bitterness; but so well concealed is the venom, that I dare say the poet actually persuaded himself that his words were full of the tears of pardon and peace, instead of the bitterness of disappointment and malice, and so died in the delusion.†
Chpt 3.7
Definition:
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(venom as in: snake venom) poison created by some insects and animals such as snakes