Vitriolic - English meaning

adjective

(especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright.

Usage examples:

His acerbic wit

noun

A substance with particular chemical properties including turning litmus red, neutralizing alkalis, and dissolving some metals; typically, a corrosive or sour-tasting liquid of this kind.

Usage examples:

Trees were exposed to mixtures of heavy metals, acids, and overdoses of nutrients

adjective

Containing acid or having the properties of an acid; having a ph of less than 7.

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Acid soils

noun

Any of various chemical substances that can produce salts, some of which are able to damage whatever they touch

Usage examples:

The salad dressing has an acid taste.

adjective

Unpleasantly bitter or pungent.

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Acrid smoke

adjective

Strong, bitter, and unpleasant

Usage examples:

The electrical fire sent thick clouds of acrid smoke through the office.

adjective

(typically of speech or discussion) angry and bitter.

Usage examples:

An acrimonious dispute about wages

adjective

Causing the contraction of skin cells and other body tissues.

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An astringent skin lotion

noun

An astringent lotion applied to the skin to reduce bleeding from minor abrasions or as a cosmetic to make the skin less oily.

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Alcohol-based astringents and toners can make skin even drier.

adjective

An astringent substance causes the skin or other tissue to tighten

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An astringent cream, astringent criticism, her astringent wit, the astringent taste of the herbs fi…

adjective

Having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet.

Usage examples:

Raw berries have an intensely bitter flavour

noun

Beer that is strongly flavoured with hops and has a bitter taste, brewed by top fermentation.

Usage examples:

A pint of bitter

adjective

Having a slightly stinging, strong taste, not salty or sweet

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The coffee was bitter., losing the election was a bitter disappointment., she has no bitterness abo…

adjective

Able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action.

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A caustic cleaner

noun

A caustic substance.

Usage examples:

Spent grain, yeast, ethanol, and acids and caustics used for cleaning are all sent out to be used f…

adjective

Strongly critical

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A caustic remark

adjective

(of handwriting) very small and difficult to decipher.

Usage examples:

His handwriting is crabbed and hideous

verb

Move sideways or obliquely.

Usage examples:

He began crabbing sideways across the roof

verb

Grumble about something petty.

Usage examples:

On picnics, i would crab about sand in my food

adjective

Characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm.

Usage examples:

He was found guilty of malicious damage

adjective

Having the nature of threatening evil

adjective

Intending to cause harm, esp. by hurting someone’s feelings or reputation

Usage examples:

He says she threatened him and spied on him, among other malicious activities.

adjective

Evil in nature or effect.

Usage examples:

She had a strong and malign influence

verb

Speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner.

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Don't you dare malign her in my presence

verb

To say things about someone or something that are harmful and usually not true

Usage examples:

He said he had been unfairly maligned by a few board members who wanted him fired.

adjective

Evil in nature or effect; malevolent.

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In the hands of malignant fate

adjective

(of a disease or tissue growing because of a disease) leading to death

Usage examples:

The pathologist’s report said the tumor was malignant.

adjective

(especially of humour) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting.

Usage examples:

A mordant sense of humour

noun

A substance, typically an inorganic oxide, that combines with a dye or stain and thereby fixes it in a material.

Usage examples:

In order to get the color to stick well on the fiber, the wool was usually pretreated with a metal …

verb

Impregnate or treat (a fabric) with a mordant.

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Mordanting a fibre is simple

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

Plastic bags burn with a nasty, acrid smell

noun

An unpleasant or harmful person or thing.

Usage examples:

A water conditioner to neutralize chlorine and other nasties

Offensive or even (of persons) malicious

adjective

Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

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The pernicious influences of the mass media

adjective

Having a very harmful effect or influence

Usage examples:

The book focuses on the pernicious effects of slavery.

adjective

(of a substance or plant) causing or capable of causing death or illness if taken into the body.

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Poisonous chemicals

adjective

Very harmful and able to cause illness or death

Usage examples:

Poisonous chemicals, can you tell the difference between poisonous mushrooms and edible varieties?,…

adjective

Characterized by bitterness or resentment.

Usage examples:

Sixteen miserable months of rancorous disputes

adjective

Having or showing a feeling of hate and continuing anger about something in the past

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A rancorous dispute, government leaders appear increasingly rancorous.

adjective

(of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.

Usage examples:

Packs of savage dogs roamed the streets

noun

A brutal or vicious person.

Usage examples:

The mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages

verb

(especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul.

Usage examples:

Police are rounding up dogs after a girl was savaged

adjective

Showing or caused by malice.

Usage examples:

The teachers made spiteful little jokes about me

adjective

Wanting to annoy, upset, or hurt another person, especially in a small way, because you feel angry towards them

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A spiteful child, that was a spiteful thing to say!

adjective

Bad-tempered; spiteful.

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A splenetic rant

adjective

Vigorous or incisive in expression or style.

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The white paper makes trenchant criticisms of health authorities

adjective

(of something said or written) forcefully and effectively expressed, and often in few words

Usage examples:

I enjoy reading murray’s trenchant comments on the relationship between sports and society.

adjective

(of an animal, especially a snake) secreting venom; capable of injecting venom by means of a bite or sting.

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A leading expert on venomous snakes

adjective

A venomous snake, insect, etc., produces venom (= a poisonous liquid that can be put into another animal's body by biting or stinging)

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Possible hazards include mosquitoes, sandflies, and venomous snakes., the florida cottonmouth snake…

adjective

(of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects.

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A virulent strain of influenza

adjective

(of a disease) dangerous and spreading quickly, or (of poison) having an effect very quickly

Usage examples:

A virulent strain of flu, virulent speech, several newspapers mounted virulent attacks.

adjective

A virulent disease or poison is dangerous and spreads or affects people very quickly

Usage examples:

A particularly virulent strain of flu has recently claimed a number of lives in the region.