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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.
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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
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
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Nor for that matter is pathological liar, sociopath or malignant narcissist.Richard Behar, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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These are traits typical of those people who qualify as malignant narcissists.Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
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The hateful rhetoric has been deployed all the way down the ballot, in Senate races, statehouse contests, and state constitutional amendment campaigns.Madison Pauly and Sarah Szilagy, Them, 5 Nov. 2024
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The worthwhile parts of Twitter (real-time news, sports, culture, silly memes, spontaneous encounters with celebrity accounts) have been drowned out by hateful garbage.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Apple has since revoked the notarization for the malicious program.Michael Kan, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Between the lines: Many cybersecurity tools scan endpoints for signs of malicious intruders trying to get in.Sam Sabin, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
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Their virulent strain of hate, deeply rooted in antisemitism, has spread beyond the region and found fertile ground in Western democracies, including the United States.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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The latest outbreak was caused by a virulent form, and all the infections were tied to the same strain: E. coli O157:H7.Gerry Smith and Daniela Sirtori / Bloomberg, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
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That forces him to descend the 8,000-foot-and-higher safety zone of the Rocky Mountains, and into the lower-elevation danger zone where vicious monsters roam free.John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
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Scott, the old pro, knows how to give these scenes a vicious vitality that overcomes any thoughts about how the Romans supposedly got live sharks in the water.Alison Willmore, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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Project Texas would provide for a series of audits and code reviews of the algorithm in the United States, in which U.S. actors, including engineers at Oracle Corporation, would have an opportunity to detect any malign foreign influence over the recommendations engine.Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
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If the United States worked harder to disable Iran’s malign regional activities, that would not alter the Gulf states’ increasing eastward orientation.Karen E. Young, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2024
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The reveal — that a mad scientist is using a malevolent force to kill people and then bring them back to life — is something straight out of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
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What follows is a terrifying journey as the Lamberts, with the help of Elise and her crew, come up against malevolent spirits, uncover dark family secrets, and race against time to rescue Dalton.Kelsey Lentz, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024
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Share [Findings] Unaffiliated voters are growing more spiteful toward both Democrats and Republicans.Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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But legitimate criticism has often been lost in spiteful lunacy.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Viperish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/viperish. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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