viperish

adjective

Definition of viperishnext
as in malignant

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Recent Examples of viperish For instance, Queen Elizabeth (Heather Alicia Simms) and ex-queen Margaret (a scene-stealing Sharon Washington) are tart and viperish with each other, wonderful at torquing Shakespeare’s iambs to sound utterly contemporary. — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 11 July 2022 The progress of their romance is complicated by her pregnancy, a shotgun marriage and life under the eye of Ingrid’s snobbish, viperish mother (Thora Hird). — Stephen Holden, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for viperish
  1. malignant
  2. hateful
  3. malicious
  4. virulent
  5. vicious
  6. malign
  7. malevolent
  8. spiteful
Adjective
  • An analysis of 1,000 tissue samples representing 11 major organs in just over 400 male donors has now delivered a clear map and expression profile of missing Y chromosomes in typical, pre-cancerous, and malignant tumors.
    — Mike McRae September 20, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026
  • According to the National Cancer Institute, esophageal cancer is a disease in which malignant cancer cells form in the tissues of the esophagus.
    — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of malignant
Adjective
  • The fanbase has been labeled as hateful by the media, opposing players and even A'ja Wilson's mom.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The apology was met with a lukewarm reaction from a public that had watched the rapper’s troubling antics and hateful statements for years.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of hateful
Adjective
  • Once installed, the malicious app pushes you to enable Android's Accessibility service.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Companies should detect prompt injection, malicious or compromised tools, behavioral anomalies, data exfiltration and other threats.
    — Shashwat Sehgal, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of malicious
Adjective
  • The virus is spread through the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes and breathes and can remain virulent for up to two hours.
    — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The isotopes that make up radiopharmaceuticals are just as virulent as the beam radiation patients have begrudgingly tolerated for decades.
    — Allison DeAngelis, STAT, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of virulent
Adjective
  • Experts are voicing concerns over the vicious cycle of rising debt and higher yields.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Verity dwells almost entirely in the gulf between the front-facing celeb being interviewed by Alex Cooper and the vicious private thoughts of her confession.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of vicious
Adjective
  • All countries in Europe are on high alert with Russia stepping up its sabotage and malign activity across the continent since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • This includes embedding safety features that prevent malign bioweapons development and embedding mechanisms that enable such misuse to be easily detected.
    — Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of malign
Adjective
  • One is malevolent humans weaponizing AI to do terrible things.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Today the danger is swarms of malevolent AI agents, the CEOs in question run frontier labs, and legal niggling risks holding up an urgent safety conversation.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of malevolent
Adjective
  • The anger leads them to Rupert, Rebecca’s forever-spiteful ex.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Cox’s film is biased in Bill’s favor, portraying him as a lapdog whose love for this screeching, spiteful, beady-eyed woman is his great tragic flaw.
    — Katie Rife, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of spiteful

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“Viperish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/viperish. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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