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viperous

/vahy-per-uhs/US // ˈvaɪ pər əs //UK // (ˈvaɪpərəs) //

毒蛇,毒蛇般的,蝰蛇,毒蛇般地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of the nature of or resembling a viper: a viperous movement.
    • : of or relating to vipers.
    • : characteristic of vipers.
    • : venomous.

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Examples

  • The cutting of great tracts of grass for hay stirred them into viperous action.

  • It's more viperous than any other snake of the viper bunch, an' its disposition is mean and yellow right through.

  • Over a thousand miles we dart our viperous hearts at innocent men.

  • Civil dissension is a viperous worm / That gnaws the bowels of the commonwealth.

  • Deaf, because insensible to the beauty of Keats's verse; and viperous, because poisonous and malignant.