🇬🇧🇪🇸 venom - ponzoña : English Lesson

Meaning of "venom" ("ponzoña"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Venom is when a person’s words or feelings are full of strong hate or anger, like they are trying to hurt someone with their voice instead of with their hands. It’s when someone talks in such a mean and bitter way that it feels a bit like poison, but for feelings instead of for the body.

The queen didn’t raise her voice, but the venom in “Off with his dessert” made the whole court shiver.

Grandma never speaks with venom, unless someone eats the last cookie and lies about it.

“Wow, what a beautiful drawing… of nothing,” my brother said with just enough venom to make my crayons gasp.

When Mom said “We’ll talk later” with venom, even the dog suddenly remembered an appointment elsewhere.

Scientists use the word “venom” for real animal poison, but when you speak with emotional venom, your words act like tiny toxic arrows that can deeply hurt someone’s feelings.

At recess, Tom aimed venom at Ava: sharp, cold words. Venom hit Ava’s face like rain. Her friend pushed back the venom with a quiet joke; the venom faltered. Tom’s own venom surprised him, and he lowered his head. The playground breathed; the venom melted into apologies, and children went back to play.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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