Both Uses of
venom
in
1984, by Orwell
- Goldstein was delivering his usual venomous attack upon the doctrines of the Party — an attack so exaggerated and perverse that a child should have been able to see through it, and yet just plausible enough to fill one with an alarmed feeling that other people, less level-headed than oneself, might be taken in by it.
p. 12.6 *venomous = filled with intense feelings of hatred or anger
- In an intellectual way, Syme was venomously orthodox.
p. 49.5venomously = in a manner that is filled with intense feelings of hatred or anger
Definitions:
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(1)
(venom as in: snake venom) poison created by some insects and animals such as snakes
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(2)
(venom as in: jealousy-fueled venom) intense feelings of hatred or anger