viper
noun
any of several venomous Old World snakes of the genus Vipera, especially V. berus, a small snake common in northern Eurasia.
viper-like
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a word derived from
viper.
Example Sentences
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Carradine played the role with restrained, viper-like charm.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 12, 2016
Ghana look like they are more comfortable with this sort of match and it could play into their viper-like hands.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2010
From the depths of the narrowest lanes, and the blackest dens, there issued pale faces, men with viper-like profiles and grinding their teeth.
From Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert
Who saucily teach monarchs to obey, And the wide world in narrow cloisters sway; Set up by kings as humble aids of power, You that which bred you, viper-like, devour, You enemies of crowns— Chr.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
Yes, let it be for once said, the viper-like venom of p. 75envy—the most loyal, the most honourable, the most self-forgetting and self-obliterating friendship is never in this life for one moment proof against it.
From Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents by Alexander Whyte
