Synonyms:
malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom
Meaning: feeling a need to see others suffer
Synonyms:
venom
Meaning: toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions)
Usage examples
"Evil spirits", according to a Babylonian chant, were "the bitter venom of the gods".
He spoke with light venom, buttoning his coat as he spoke with the air of the busy public man who must not linger over an appointment.
And so you will be delivered (if you will) out of the tyranny of darkness, and distrust, and fear, into God's free kingdom of light, and faith, and love; and will be safe from the venom of that tree which is more deadly than the fabled upas of the East.
It drops its venom into the finest brains; and makes them call sense, nonsense; and nonsense, sense; fact, fiction; and fiction, fact. It drops its venom into the tenderest hearts, alas! and makes them call wrong, right; and right, wrong; love, cruelty; and cruelty, love.