From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Envenom \En*ven"om\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Envenomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Envenoming}.] [OE. envenimen, F. envenimer; pref. en- (L. in) + F. venin poison. See {Venom}.]
1. To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as, envenomed meat, wine, or arrow; also, to poison (a person) by impregnating with venom.
Alcides . . . felt the envenomed robe. --Milton.
O, what a world is this, when what is comely Envenoms him that bears it! --Shak.
2. To taint or impregnate with bitterness, malice, or hatred; to imbue as with venom; to imbitter.
The envenomed tongue of calumny. --Smollett.
On the question of slavery opinion has of late years been peculiarly envenomed. --Sir G. C. Lewis.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more" [syn: {embitter}, {acerbate}]
2: add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her" [syn: {poison}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "envenom": abuse, acerbate, afflict, aggravate, aggrieve, alienate, antagonize, befoul, bewitch, bitter, blight, condemn, corrupt, crucify, curse, damage, defile, deprave, despoil, destroy, disadvantage, disserve, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, embitter, empoison, estrange, exacerbate, get into trouble, harass, harm, heat up, hex, hurt, impair, infect, infuriate, injure, jinx, madden, maltreat, menace, mistreat, molest, outrage, persecute, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, prejudice, provoke, savage, scathe, set against, set at odds, sour, taint, threaten, torment, torture, violate, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong
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