VENOM

n. 1 poison, toxin The snakes are 'milked' of their venom, which is collected for research in antitoxins and pharmaceuticals 2 malice, maliciousness, malevolence, ill will, malignity, animosity, hate, hatred, hostility, antagonism, spite, spitefulness, spleen, rancour, bitterness, embitteredness, gall, poison, poisonousness, virulence Vinnie was totally unprepared for the venom of the attack