Affection and Venom

Affection

Affection noun - A feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone.

Venom is an antonym for affection.

Venom

Venom noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Usage example: a neighborhood gossip of such venom that she was feared by all and genuinely liked by no one

Affection is an antonym for venom.

Nearby Words: venomous, venomously

How words are described

particular particular affection particular venom
sheer sheer affection sheer venom
actual actual affection actual venom
great great affection great venom
Other adjectives: little, personal, less, maximum.

Both words in one sentence

  • You Taste Delicious A rather disgusting example: During the Maximum Carnage crossover, Venom rescues Mary Jane from Carnage in a nightclub (because he owes Peter for something that happened earlier) and then licks her face (as in, with his symbiote-create tongue) as a way of showing affection.
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