as in antagonism
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as in infuriating
to implant bitter feelings in
thoughtless, self-indulgent antics that only managed to envenom his teammates
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for envenoming
Noun
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What To Know The White House meeting was a striking exchange of open antagonism in the Oval Office, a space typically reserved for formal diplomacy, especially among U.S. allies.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025 -
If economic conditions in China continue to deteriorate, Xi could pivot suddenly, perhaps softening his antagonism toward the West.—
Zongyuan Zoe Liu,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The character combines the entitlement of Brice in No Way Out and the alienation from normal human behavior that becomes a comic spectacle in The Birdcage with a level of darkness that wouldn’t be out of place in a David Lynch production about evil forces possessing mortals.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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This led to embarrassment and alienation from their own customers.—
The Editors,
National Review,
13 Feb. 2025
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Both suffered ruptures to their anterior cruciate ligaments at the start of 2024 and neither has yet returned to first-team action, although both have resumed training.—
Asif Burhan,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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His handling of both the Hamas-Israel war protests and the DEI changes caused a rupture with the faculty.—
Ira Porter,
The Christian Science Monitor,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Around 10 individuals ran onto the court waving Palestinian flags, angering hundreds of attendees from the French Jewish community cheering for the Israeli team.—
Bradford Betz,
Fox News,
19 Dec. 2024
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With some true detective work, Flueger quickly discovers that pigeons are trying to claim squatter rights a bit too close higher up, angering the furry felines.—
Demetrius Patterson,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Oct. 2024
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The International Monetary Fund cited a number of contributing factors that led to a global cost-of-living crisis in its annual report last year, including the pandemic and climate change, which disrupted food and supply chains, in addition to geopolitical conflict’s aggravating the problems.—
Doha Madani,
NBC News,
18 Dec. 2024
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But he was sidelined with a groin injury late in training camp and apparently returned too soon, aggravating the injury in Week 2 and then being held out until Week 9.—
Phil Rogers,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Symptoms of poisoning are vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy and jaundice.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2025
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This condition involves inflammation and swelling of the bile ducts and causes fever, chills, abdominal pain, and jaundice.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Envenoming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envenoming. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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