With of (sin, envy, etc.).

figurative. Something comparable to or having the effect of poison; any baneful, malign, or noxious influence or quality; bitter or virulent…

Something that is prejudicial; a baneful influence. Obsolete.

A sudden infection destructive to vegetable or animal life (formerly attributed to the blowing or… transferred and figurative. Any blasting…

A poison consisting of an arsenic compound, typically arsenic trioxide. Also figurative.

= aconitum, n. 1; (also figurative and poetic) deadly poison.

Used allusively in compounds and phrases (as Nessus-robe, Nessus shirt; Nessus' shirt, shirt of Nessus), to denote any destructive or expiatory…

transferred and figurative. Any malignant influence of obscure or mysterious origin; anything which withers hopes or prospects, or checks prosperity.

figurative.

figurative. A baleful, destructive, or deadly power or influence.