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US
/ˌvɪtɹiˈɑɫɪk/
]
[ UK /vˌɪtɹɪˈɒlɪk/ ]
[ UK /vˌɪtɹɪˈɒlɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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harsh or corrosive in tone
bitter words
an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
blistering criticism
a sulfurous denunciation
her acrid remarks make her many enemies
a vitriolic critique
a barrage of acid comments - of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
How To Use vitriolic In A Sentence
- Racism, homophobia, McCarthyism, classism, it's all on display as they try to muzzle those who disagree by vitriolic, personal attack.
- My vitriolic attack on posers shall now be reserved for a subset of the brown crowd ‘cuz I like making fun of my people.
- I was appalled to read the mayor's vitriolic attack on the homeless.
- a certain point, and fuffered to cool, long rhomboidal cryftals are afforded of a deep blue colour, called vitriolated copper, or blue vitriol; it appears therefore that vitriolic acid forms, with iron, green cryftals; vrith zinc, white cryftals i and with copper, blue cryf - tals. The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated: On the Principles of Modern Philosophy. By G ...
- Shortly before the 1987 election, she launched a vitriolic attack on him. Times, Sunday Times
- Last week's vitriolic attacks obliged the local party establishment to close ranks around her. Times, Sunday Times
- He launched a vitriolic attack on the prime minister, accusing him of shielding corrupt friends.
- She wears a sleeveless patterned overall over her clothes at all times, which I think Vitriolica would refer to as a bata; a headscarf is knotted around her wispy grey hair. Swallow
- These discoveries provide sharp contrast to the vitriolic animadversions of Walsingham et al.
- These are some pretty hardcore vitriolic comments mixed with anger and if you notice, they take a sideswipe at us too for printing them.
