snakelike

adjective

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snakelike
  1. malevolent
  2. malignant
  3. devious
  4. malicious
  5. spiteful
  6. virulent
  7. hateful
  8. vicious
Adjective
  • On the flip side of things, Hopkins brings a malevolent gravitas to William, calling on his iconic tenure as Hannibal Lecter to play the car’s vindictive and psychopathic owner.
    — Josh Weiss, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • In that great play, part of the pleasure is teasing out when the host couple, George and Martha, are playing a malevolent prank on their guests or tearing each other apart for real.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of malevolent
Adjective
  • Johnston's official diagnosis was a malignant paraganglioma that had spread through her lymph nodes.
    — Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The spirit of caste is malignant and dangerous everywhere.
    — Margie Burns, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of malignant
Adjective
  • Traditionally, the Huntsman, a character who received his own (sorta) spinoff in 2012 with Snow White and the Huntsman, is ordered by the Queen to kill Snow White but neglects the devious deed.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Some devious fun and games ensue and promptly backfire.
    — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of devious
Adjective
  • The best way to safeguard against malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices.
    — Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
  • These methods can easily miss deeper behavioral indicators that would signal a malicious payload lurking beneath the surface.
    — Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of malicious
Adjective
  • The more spiteful Drake could smell a world of buff, misogynistic grifters taking hold and made sure to set up shop where the audience would be.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
  • But when he’s presumed dead after a tragic run-in with a pirate ship, our heroine is forced to take up with the spiteful Prince Humperdink—that is, until a masked man in black jumps in to save her.
    — Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
Definition of spiteful
Adjective
  • Moreover, letting the virus spread uncontrollably in thousands or even millions of birds gives the virus countless opportunities to evolve and become more virulent.
    — Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2025
  • There is no lack of virulent organisms floating around this time of year, including the ever-present COVID.
    — Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of virulent
Adjective
  • The booing at the mention of Huizenga’s name was so hateful that an embarrassed Marino had to beg it to stop.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
  • That a little rectangle of cardboard and paper and ink is no match for all the hateful rhetoric about books somehow hurting children.
    — Sarah Hoffman and Ian Hoffman, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of hateful
Adjective
  • This creates a vicious cycle: more applications lead to lower acceptance rates, triggering even more applications from worried students.
    — Sarah Hernholm, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • However, some people develop unhelpful habits and ways of thinking about sleep that create a vicious cycle, said Krieger, who is also director of the Center for Sleep Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of vicious
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